NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mohammed al-Refaai, who we first met nine years ago when he moved to Ohio from Syria. With an update to a story that I've been covering for as long as I've been ...

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: As Syria's economy collapsed during the long civil war, the country became something of a narcostate. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad was estimated to earn ...

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When the Syrian revolution began back in 2011, the country was not alone. Syrians joined a wave of uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What comes next in Syria? That is a huge question after the shocking overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. For one, the U.S. considers the group that overthrew him to be a ...

Austin Tice has been missing in Syria for years. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with two of his siblings, after Assad's regime fell in Syria.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mohammed al-Refaai, who we first met nine years ago when he moved to Ohio from Syria.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.

SHAPIRO: Mohammed al-Refai was a 22-year-old refugee from Syria. In 2015, millions of Syrians fled the civil war in their country. Mohammed's family went across the border to Jordan, but something ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mohammed al-Refaai, who we first met nine years ago when he moved to Ohio from Syria.

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