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Syria's new rulers are forming a government after more than half a century of dictatorship under former leader Bashar al-Assad and his father.

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Hanukkah and Christmas begin on the same day in 2024, a rare occurrence. The last time it happened was a very special date for spouses Rob and Erica Walker.

Saint Levant has been selling out U.S. and European venues with his album "Deira," an ode to his heritage and the Gaza hotel his father built, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the war.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Stephen Rapp, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, on his trip to Syria to help preserve evidence from mass graves.

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Greenfield, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the U.N., about her career in foreign service and American diplomacy.