SHAPIRO: Mohammed al-Refai was a 22-year-old refugee from Syria. In 2015, millions of Syrians fled the civil war in their country. Mohammed's family went across the border to Jordan, but something ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with professor Joshua Landis, who directs the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, about how the fall of the Assad regime could change global dynamics.

SHAPIRO: In just a week, the rebels have taken two major cities and are closing in on a third. Bring us up to date. SHERLOCK: Well, Ari, yeah, I mean, just to give you a sense of how quickly this is ...

Austin Tice has been missing in Syria for years. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with two of his siblings, after Assad's regime fell ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sara Kassim, a freelance reporter in Aleppo about the situation on the ground after opposition forces have captured large swaths of land in the area.

Can Syria avoid a similar fate today? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at [email protected]. ARI SHAPIRO ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mohammed al-Refaai, who we first met nine years ago when he moved to Ohio from Syria. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news ...

HEYDEMANN: Well, I think Syria faces significant headwinds, and they arise in part from the identity of HTS as an Islamist movement. SHAPIRO ... Thank you very much, Ari. Transcript provided ...

SHERLOCK: Well, Ari, yeah, I mean ... so this gives them a seat at the table in what comes next in Syria. SHAPIRO: That's NPR's Ruth Sherlock. Thank you. SHERLOCK: Thank you.