As Syria recovers from 13 years of civil war and five decades under the Assad regime, its citizens face the daunting task of rebuilding their nation. Saleh Hawa, a Syrian literature professor and ...

Rebel fighters who are now part of Syria's new de facto government have been destroying large shipments of Captagon, an addictive drug that was mass produced by the ousted Assad regime.

What would it mean to classify Mexican drug cartels as "foreign terrorist organizations"? NPR speaks with Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the DEA.

NPR's Bobby Allyn joins me now to discuss. Hey, Bobby. BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Hey, Leila. FADEL: OK, so what did the court just decide exactly? ALLYN: The court decided that the national security ...

Here to tell us more about this is NPR's Laurel Wamsley. Hi, Laurel. LAUREL WAMSLEY, BYLINE: Hey, Leila. FADEL: So, Laurel, the only time I'd ever heard about private firefighters - if you ...

Aaron Zelin of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy talks with NPR's Leila Fadel about the group that now controls Syria and why it's so hard to shed the label of "terrorists." Search Query ...

Good morning. AARON DAVID MILLER: Good morning, Leila. Thanks for having me. FADEL: Thank you for being here. With this news, Aaron, does this make you think this deal might be dead? MILLER ...

FADEL: I wonder, as somebody who studied this group and studied Syria, the consequences of taking them off too early. ZELIN: I mean, I think one of the issues that many people are worried about is ...