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After Assad’s fall, long-displaced Syrians begin to return home

Syria

Syrians waited in long queues at border gates in southern Turkey this week, preparing to return to their homeland. With a dictator gone and loved ones newly released from prison, many Syrians who have lived in Turkey for years are eager to return. Others say an evolving security situation and financial concerns are giving them pause. 

American students consider work opportunities abroad after graduation

Study abroad and beyond

Episode 9: The Note

Lethal Dissent

In southern Turkey, a surf school helps earthquake survivors process trauma and loss

Lifestyle

A new wave of Kurds fleeing Turkey bring their own sound to Nashville’s Music City

Immigration

Small businesses already feeling the pain after Instagram block in Turkey 

Arts, Culture & Media

Instagram has gone dark in Turkey — after the Turkish government unexpectedly blocked the app late last week. The move does not bode well for a community of small, Instagram-based businesses in the country. 

Episode 8: Officials

Lethal Dissent

Fariba Nawa is threatened. She steers her reporting to focus on impunity. The investigation into Iran’s hunt for dissidents goes to the United Nations, inside a Turkish parliamentary hearing, and to the US State Department to find out if anyone will intervene.

Which cold foods do people across the globe enjoy during sweltering summer months?

Food

Our reporters serve up samples of the food and drink people enjoy across the globe when the weather heats up.

Episode 7: Verdict

Lethal Dissent

The Sağlam family’s kidnapping operation is caught in a police dragnet. The ensuing police investigation reveals an entire network of conspirators behind the Sağlams. When one conspirator is arrested and interrogated, he confesses. Fariba Nawa uses the confession to tell the story of Iran’s behind-the-scenes involvement.

Episode 6: Woman from the CIA

Lethal Dissent

Rezaie gets into the car with the Sağlams. But he already knew he was being tricked. His suspicions had begun long before he climbed into the car, back at the kebab restaurant when the Sağlams introduced him to an American woman. Fariba Nawa tries to untangle the story of the American woman, and finds out how Rezaie foiled the kidnapping plot against him.

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