Greg Myre

President Trump's description of the raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was detailed and provocative. It was a departure from the typical U.S. protocols in such a moment.

President Trump provided a lot of details about the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper, however, has been speaking in broad strokes.

NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre and NPR White House Correspondent Tamara Keith discuss the details of the raid.

President Trump is supposed to make a major announcement at the White House Sunday morning.

The U.S. is weighing keeping some troops in Syria to protect oil fields from ISIS.

President Trump is considering options to keep U.S. troops in northeast Syria to safeguard oil fields from ISIS. Earlier this week, he said it was time to bring the troops home, and ISIS was defeated.

Military aid to Ukraine is a central part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But what is that aid and how significant is it?

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to meet with Vladimir Putin in Russia on Tuesday. The two countries have troops in close proximity in the volatile plains of northern Syria.

Donald Trump wants to reduce the U.S. presence in the Middle East. Vladimir Putin has been pushing to increase Russia's role. Events in Syria have crystallized the larger aims of both leaders.

President Trump has repeatedly been at odds with Russia and Ukraine experts spread across the U.S. government. Some are now harsh critics and key figures in the impeachment inquiry.

After the 2001 al-Qaida attacks, the CIA ramped up counterterrorism operations. This included a surge in young, female recruits. Three have written new books about their secretive work.

This week, President Trump's remarks about withdrawing troops from Northern Syria unnerved allies who are locked in long wars in which they depend on U.S. military help.

Presidential phone calls continue to be problematic. President Trump spoke by phone Sunday with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and they discussed Syria. After that, it becomes very confusing.

Whistleblowing in the intelligence community faces a special set of challenges designed to make sure complaints get heard while protecting classified information. It doesn't always work well.

Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire faces tough questioning at the House Intelligence Committee hearing.

The House Intelligence Committee has released the whistleblower complaint at the heart of the burgeoning controversy over President Trump's July phone call with the Ukrainian president.

The House Intelligence Committee has released the whistleblower complaint at the center of the controversy over President Trump's July conversation with Ukraine's president.

President Trump asked Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Biden and his son, and told him to work with the attorney general. Democrats call it an abuse of power. Trump says he did nothing wrong.

An assessment of the phone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian president and what could happen — especially with the intelligence community's whistleblower complaint — moving forward.

President Trump asked Ukraine's president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. The Bidens call a smear campaign that has been debunked. Here's the backstory.