Jawad Rizkallah

3 days ago | kpbs.org | Lauren Frayer |Jawad Rizkallah

DAMASCUS, Syria — When a dozen firefighters showed up within minutes to douse a mattress that accidentally caught fire on the roof of his apartment building, Mohamed Bassem Said was gobsmacked. Said, 65, lived most of his life under Assad family rule. Father-and-son dictators had portrayed themselves as the sole providers of safety and services to Syrians. But they were corrupt, and so were many of the first responders working for them, Said says. It got worse when civil war broke out in 2011.

2 weeks ago | npr.org | Lauren Frayer |Jawad Rizkallah |Greg Dixon

Israel's Attacks on Syria Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1243652731/1269047311" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Since the rule of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad ended, Israel has attacked Syria hundreds of times. Israel says they don't trust the new government in Syria and so they are hitting areas in Syria adjacent to Israel in an effort disarm southern Syria.

1 month ago | npr.org | Tara Neill |Caroline Kelly |Emily Feng |Jawad Rizkallah |Jane Arraf

While sanctions still cripple a shattered Syria, one Jewish leader returns from exile Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1233779197/1267041012" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> During the Assad regimes, Western nations placed crippling economic sanctions on the country. Some have been lifted, but most are still in place, so how does a country shattered by civil war rebuild?

2 months ago | npr.org | Emily Feng |Jawad Rizkallah |Greg Dixon

How Will the New Syria Be Governed? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1232637579/1266819786" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> After 14 years of a devastating civil war, Syria is in the process of reinventing itself. One big question is how the country will be governed now that the more than 50 years of rule by the Assad family has come to an end.

2 months ago | npr.org | Emily Feng |Jawad Rizkallah |Greg Dixon

The Iconic Singer of the Syrian Revolution Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1231335543/1266498226" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Syria is reinventing itself following a 14-year bloody civil war and the rapid crumbling of the regime of Bashar Al-Assad regime in December.