Jane Arraf
Stories
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PKK founder calls on followers to disarm in conflict with Turkey
There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.
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Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges
Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.
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Syrian Jews return to Damascus hoping to rebuild a community
The overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria paved the way for a historic visit, with Syrian Jews returning from the U.S. to Damascus for the first time in three decades, hoping to rebuild community.
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Hezbollah to hold funeral for Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated by Israel in September
Hezbollah on Sunday holds a long-delayed funeral for leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut in November. The event is expected to be akin to a state funeral, marking the end of an era for the Iran-backed group.
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Jordan's King Abdullah heads to the White House as Trump pushes a Gaza takeover plan
It is expected to be one of the toughest meetings of the king's quarter-century reign.
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Jordan begins military flights to deliver aid in Gaza, but many say it's not enough
Jordan has begun landing military helicopters in Gaza to deliver medical aid. Israel is now allowing more food and medicine into Gaza but aid officials say it hasn't been enough.
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What Syria looks like a month after the fall of the regime
After the sudden fall of the Syrian regime in December, Syrians are still euphoric but grappling with a shattered economy and fragile security.
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Fighting between rival factions in Syria threatens its fragile stability
Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.
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A Yazidi woman enslaved by ISIS is reunited with her kids after years of separation
It's been 10 years since the ISIS takeover of parts of Iraq and Syria and its campaign of genocide against the Yazidi religious minority. A few women continue to be found, but it comes at a cost.
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Syria's U.S.-trained opposition fighters wait to learn of their role in a new Syria
Former opposition groups — some of whom are U.S.-trained — will be knitted together into new Syrian security forces organized by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group that led the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.
