Jane Arraf
Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East for NPR News.
Arraf joined NPR in 2016 after two decades of reporting from and about the region for CNN, NBC, the Christian Science Monitor, PBS Newshour, and Al Jazeera English. She has previously been posted to Baghdad, Amman, and Istanbul, along with Washington, DC, New York, and Montreal.
She has reported from Iraq since the 1990s. For several years, Arraf was the only Western journalist based in Baghdad. She reported on the war in Iraq in 2003 and covered live the battles for Fallujah, Najaf, Samarra, and Tel Afar. She has also covered India, Pakistan, Haiti, Bosnia, and Afghanistan and has done extensive magazine writing.
Arraf is a former Edward R. Murrow press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Her awards include a Peabody for PBS NewsHour, an Overseas Press Club citation, and inclusion in a CNN Emmy.
Arraf studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa and began her career at Reuters.
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Israel attacked Syrian government forces near Damascus in what is says is a bid to protect a religious minority there. Clashes between Druze and Sunni Muslim fighters have killed at least 20 people.
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Pope Francis used to call the tiny Christian congregation in Gaza at their church almost every night. Now they say they feel "orphaned" by his death.
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Francis was revered by millions of Catholics worldwide, but his appeal was felt far beyond the church. To hear more we've turned to our correspondents in the Middle East, Africa and South America.
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In a challenge to Syria's new government, an influential religious minority rejects calls to integrate its militias.
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Just over three months since the fall of the Assad regime, Syria's leaders are struggling to build a new, unified country.
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Syria's new government is struggling to impose order in a country where some are settling scores. Sunni Arab fighters have killed members of the same religious sect as the deposed president.
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In Syria, there's been a major development as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces who have controlled part of the country for more than a decade have agreed to be incorporated into the Syrian state.
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A war monitoring group says clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 dead
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In Syria, fighting is intensifying as clashes between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar Assad have left hundreds of people dead.
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A suburb of Damascus is at the center of the new Syrian government's struggle for control. Now, Israel is threatening to intervene due to unrest, turning this into a possible international incident.