Lauren Frayer
London Correspondent at NPR
@NPR's London correspondent. Past lives in Mumbai, Madrid, Lisbon, Cairo, Baghdad, Jerusalem & DC. Apasionada por fútbol. Cricket convert. PB&J connoisseur.
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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.
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1 week ago |
npr.org | Michele Kelemen |Lauren Frayer |Greg Dixon
The Harry S. Truman Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Harry S. Truman Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Trump administration is undertaking shifts in U.S. foreign policy and that has meant big shifts at the State Department, which is in charge of that policy.
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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.
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3 weeks ago |
npr.org | Anas Baba |Michael L. Levitt |Lauren Frayer |Greg Dixon
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1 month ago |
kuow.org | Lauren Frayer
Kurdish people in Syria celebrate Nowruz under new regimeIn Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades. But some still fear for their safety.
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