Kelly McEvers
Kelly McEvers is a two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist and former host of NPR's flagship newsmagazine, All Things Considered. She spent much of her career as an international correspondent, reporting from Asia, the former Soviet Union, and the Middle East. She is the creator and host of the acclaimed Embedded podcast, a documentary show that goes to hard places to make sense of the news. She began her career as a newspaper reporter in Chicago.
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Jihadi groups have stepped in to provide fuel and generators to get Aleppo bakeries running again. [Please see full story/text for a post-broadcast correction.]
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The longtime president will hand over power to his vice president on Monday. Now, the real work begins. How will transitional justice work if the outgoing president is immune from prosecution? Will the U.S. take a new approach in a new Yemen?
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An increasing number of Syrian soldiers are quitting the army and joining anti-government activists, according to reports from the central city of Homs. For now, the protests remain peaceful, though warnings of an armed response grow.
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An increasing number of Syrian soldiers are quitting the army and joining anti-government activists, according to reports from the central city of Homs. For now, the protests remain peaceful, though warnings of an armed response grow.
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The Syrian city of Hama has been a center of anti-government protests. It was recently the site of what activists are calling the Ramadan massacre, in which 100 protesters were reportedly killed. NPR's Kelly McEvers was part of a government-sponsored tour.
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The Syrian city of Hama has been a center of anti-government protests. It was recently the site of what activists are calling the Ramadan massacre, in which 100 protesters were reportedly killed. NPR's Kelly McEvers was part of a government-sponsored tour.
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The Syrian military has been using tanks and heavy weaponry as it battles opponents of President Bashar Assad's rule. Assessing whether this strategy is working depends on whom you ask.
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The Syrian military has been using tanks and heavy weaponry as it battles opponents of President Bashar Assad's rule. Assessing whether this strategy is working depends on whom you ask.
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Activists say the latest, most grisly trend in the government's so-called Ramadan offensive is to detain protesters, torture them to death, then release their bodies for all to see. The deaths are motivating some through anger, silencing others through fear.
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Activists say the latest, most grisly trend in the government's so-called Ramadan offensive is to detain protesters, torture them to death, then release their bodies for all to see. The deaths are motivating some through anger, silencing others through fear.