Our colleague, Leila Fadel, is in Syria learning some of the secrets of a government that has now fallen. Her latest revelation is painful enough that some people may find it hard to listen to ...

LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: In the 1980s ... Screenwriter Zach Baylin based the film on the book "The Silent Brotherhood." As he adapted this story for film, he researched other acts of domestic ...

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Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race. Most recently, she was NPR's international correspondent based in Cairo and ...

LEILA FADEL, HOST: But first, Syrians woke up this morning to their first day in decades without the Assad regime ruling their lives. MARTIN: The Assad family came to power in 1970, when Richard ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author Kristin Kobe Du Mez about how President-elect Donald Trump has emboldened the Christian nationalist movement. An author explores how her Christian faith has been ...