Ruth Sherlock
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The U.N.'s World Food Program reports that half of Syria's population has trouble getting food. Syrians say hours-long bread lines sometimes end up yielding nothing.
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A symbol of Lebanon's resilience through its long, turbulent history, the country's towering cedars now face increasing threats from wildfire and parasites, both fueled by global warming. -
After a year away, an NPR reporter returns to Lebanon to find a country racked by inflation, degraded services and the pandemic and still picking up the pieces from August's explosion in Beirut.
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Some of the fighters in Syria's civil war — desperate for jobs and money — are becoming "guns for hire" in foreign wars. Turkey and Russia recruited Syrians for their military ambitions abroad.
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ISIS fell more than a year and a half ago, but tens of thousands of women and children still languish in detention camps in Syria. Kurdish officials said they will start releasing thousands of them.
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In Lebanon, volunteers have stepped in to do the aid work still needed after the blast that ripped through Beirut a month ago. Many blame the government for inaction.
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Syria reports about 3,100 coronavirus infections and 130 deaths. But health workers say the situation is worse and that the regime has been telling people not to discuss it.
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As Lebanon reels from multiple tragedies, conservationists are pointing to one bright spot. They say a record number of endangered green sea turtles have come to nest on the country's shores.
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The effort was launched after a sniffer dog named Flash signaled to his Chilean search and rescue team that someone might be alive under a pile of concrete and debris.
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Since the Aug. 4 blast, the number of COVID-19 cases has increased by some 220%, according to the International Rescue Committee. The country is also coping with damage to medical facilities.
