Peter Kenyon

Thirty-nine people were killed in the shooting. A Turkish news channel says a passport belonging to a man from Kyrgyzstan matches a man identified by officials as the suspect in Sunday's attack.

Turkey has detained eight people in connection with Sunday's shootings, but police continue to search for the gunman, who remains at large. ISIS claims responsibility for the attack that left 39 dead.

Istanbul is recovering from another attack on its citizens. At least 39 people were killed in an armed attack in the early hours of New Year's Day. A manhunt is on to find the main suspect.

At least 39 people have been killed and dozens other injured in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul. A man suspected of carrying out the attack has not been apprehended yet.

As Iraqi army and Kurdish forces battle to take the city of Mosul away from ISIS forces, a Kurdish filmmaker is shooting a real-time war drama about some of those giving their lives in the struggle.

Turkey's 2016 was one of terror attacks and an attempted military coup that will overshadow the coming year. As 2017 nears, Turkey may move away from the West toward a closer relationship with Russia.

In some areas of Syria, local truces have averted deadly military takeovers. But in a suburb north of Damascus, rebel fighters say their departure resulted more from coercion than negotiation.

Turkish authorities track down more information on how a member of their own police assassinated the Russian ambassador to Turkey.

The Russian ambassador to Turkey was fatally shot by an attacker in an art gallery in Ankara on Monday. The attack comes as Turkey and Russia are in a flurry of regional talks about Syria.

Working in difficult circumstances, lawyers and judges do their best to administer justice. NPR was present at a trial of a man accused of repairing ISIS vehicles. He and relatives denied ISIS links.

As the number of injuries and deaths increase for civilians in Mosul and Iraqi troops trying to liberate them from ISIS, it raises questions about guidance that civilians should stay in place.

NPR's Peter Kenyon recently spent a week in Damascus after an 8-year absence. He found a changed city and strong strains of anti-American feeling. But the U.S. isn't the only target of Syrian anger.

The Iraqi Army, Kurdish fighters and Shiite militias are all grinding toward the city of Mosul. Civilians are fleeing the city in greater numbers, resigning themselves to spending winter in a tent.

Last year, Turkey's president condemned Trump and suggested his name be removed from two skyscrapers in Istanbul. But now the government and its supporters say they're glad he won.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised to tear up the deal that limits Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief on economic sanctions. NPR takes a look at the fate of the Iran deal and how Trump's plans might play out.

With the election over, we talk with NPR reporters in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America about what America's new leadership means around the world.

Mustafa Ali hunkers down in Damascus' Old City and sculpts figures that have made him famous in the Mideast and Europe. But his work has grown darker as the war grinds on.

In an unusual step, the Syrian government invited dozens of journalists from western outlets to Damascus to hear the regime's point of view.

The European Union is giving the cards to Syrian refugees in Turkey. It's a massive project that will provide about $30 a person per month to the struggling families.

Roughly 100,000 people in Turkey have been suspended, arrested or fired since July's failed coup. But the government decided it needs another three months of emergency powers. Human rights advocates, media watchdogs and others are criticizing the widening purge, saying the goal now appears to be to wipe out political opposition in addition to any coup supporters.