Jane Arraf appears in the following:
How The International Community Is Reacting To Rising U.S.-Iran Tensions
Friday, June 21, 2019
As tensions rise between Iran and the United States, members of the international community, including Iraq, Israel and Germany, are reacting to the situation.
'I Want To Go Back': The Yazidi Girls Who Did Not Want To Be Rescued From ISIS
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
The girls, ages 10 and 11, were held captive for years and remember nothing of their Yazidi heritage. They miss the ISIS woman who looked after them and tell rescuers they want to return to her.
Egypt's Ousted President Mohammed Morsi Dies After Fainting In Court
Monday, June 17, 2019
Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi died Monday after passing out in court. He was the country's first democratically elected president but was ousted and jailed as part of a sweeping crackdown.
Yazidi Children, Torn From Their Families By ISIS, Forget Their Identities
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Watfa and Jeelan are finally free of the ISIS woman who kept them captive for the past five years. But she's the only "family" they can remember and they want to go back to her.
Oil Tankers Attacked In Gulf Of Oman, U.S. Navy Fleet Assisting
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Two oil tankers were attacked Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, and the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet is helping out. Tensions in the region are high.
In Syria, An Orphanage Cares For Children Born To Yazidi Mothers Enslaved By ISIS
Thursday, June 06, 2019
Because their fathers were ISIS fighters, the Yazidi community rejects the children and forces their mothers to give them up. Some willingly do so, but others are desperate for news of their children.
Yazidi Women Hide Among ISIS Wives In Syria Detention Camp
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
Dozens of Yazidi women who were enslaved by ISIS in Iraq in 2014 are living in a detention camp in Syria. Some only now feel free to tell anyone who they are out of fear for their lives.
'Revenge Is For The Weak': Kurdish Courts In Northeastern Syria Take On ISIS Cases
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Kurdish Syrian authorities have tried 7,000 ISIS suspects in a justice system that bans torture and the death penalty. Some of the judges are women, which comes as a shock to ISIS fighters on trial.
Iraq Sentences 4 French ISIS Fighters To Death
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Four French ISIS fighters are among the dozen French citizens transferred to Iraqi custody from Syria. They're illustrating a huge problem over the trials of ISIS fighters.
France Won't Take ISIS Fighters Back, But Doesn't Want Them Executed Either
Monday, May 27, 2019
France doesn't want to bring back French ISIS members captured in Iraq, but French authorities are dismayed that an Iraqi court has sentenced four of them to death.
ISIS Fighters On Trial In Kurdish Territory
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Support is growing in Europe for an international tribunal to try ISIS suspects in Iraq or northeast Syria. A Kurdish trial reveals how those tribunals may work.
Misery Grows At Syrian Camp Holding ISIS Family Members
Thursday, May 23, 2019
In recent visits to the camp, NPR was told of babies dying of malnutrition, and found women collapsed by roadsides. "There's a lack of supplies and the numbers of patients are huge," a doctor says.
Conditions Are Deteriorating At Syria Camp Where ISIS Families Are Being Held
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Conditions are deteriorating at a camp in Syria where thousands of families of ISIS members are being held. There's little medical care or aid and people are getting more violent and desperate.
Canadian Government Won't Repatriate Toronto Man Who Joined ISIS
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Kurdish-Syrian forces hold hundreds of Westerners in camps in northeast Syria, pleading for their countries to take them back and put them on trial. But most countries are washing their hands of them.
Freed From ISIS, Yazidi Mothers Face Wrenching Choice: Abandon Kids Or Never Go Home
Thursday, May 09, 2019
Women kidnapped by ISIS five years ago are now being freed. But the Yazidi community does not allow children born in captivity of militant fathers to return with them.
ISIS Families Hope For Return Of 'Caliphate'
Saturday, April 27, 2019
In an overcrowded and desperate detention camp in Syria, thousands of wives and children of ISIS fighters are languishing and wishing for the Islamic State to regain power.
'We Pray For The Caliphate To Return': ISIS Families Crowd Into Syrian Camps
Friday, April 19, 2019
"The women and children who have been raised on the mentality of ISIS and terrorism need to be rehabilitated," an official warns. "Otherwise, they will be the foundations of future terrorism."
In Post-ISIS Iraq, Volunteering Can Quickly Become An Act Of Rebellion
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
In the aftermath of ISIS, a nurse in Mosul took it upon herself to clear the streets of corpses that had been there for weeks and months. It got her in trouble but helped spark a volunteer movement.
Libya Could Descend Into War Again After Army General Launches Surprise Attack On Tripoli
Monday, April 08, 2019
Libya is once again facing instability as a renegade general leads forces attempting to oust the internationally-recognized government in Tripoli.
Freedom From ISIS Means Yazidi Women Must Abandon Their Children
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Many women freed from ISIS slavery in Syria are facing heart-wrenching decisions as they attempt to return to their families, who are part of a religious minority.