SHAPIRO: Mohammed al-Refai was a 22-year-old refugee from Syria. In 2015, millions of Syrians fled the civil war in their country. Mohammed's family went across the border to Jordan, but something ...

As Syria's economy collapsed during the long civil war ... Hi, Greg. GREG MYRE, BYLINE: Hey, Ari. SHAPIRO: What is Captagon? MYRE: Well, Captagon was created as a legal pharmaceutical drug in Germany ...

The brutal regime of Bashar al Assad fell over the weekend with dizzying speed. Syrians within the country and around the ...

SHAPIRO: In just a week, the rebels have taken two major cities and are closing in on a third. Bring us up to date. SHERLOCK: Well, Ari, yeah, I mean, just to give you a sense of how quickly this is ...

HEYDEMANN: Well, I think Syria faces significant headwinds, and they arise in part from the identity of HTS as an Islamist movement. SHAPIRO ... Thank you very much, Ari. Transcript provided ...

Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen found wandering barefoot in Damascus after being freed from a Syrian prison following the ...

People freed from Syrian prisons wandering through palaces ... JOSHUA LANDIS: It's a pleasure being with you, Ari. SHAPIRO: I want to try to tackle both the past - why this happened - and the ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mohammed al-Refaai, who we first met nine years ago when he moved to Ohio from Syria. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.

SHERLOCK: Well, Ari, yeah, I mean ... so this gives them a seat at the table in what comes next in Syria. SHAPIRO: That's NPR's Ruth Sherlock. Thank you. SHERLOCK: Thank you.

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things ...