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Iraq's port city of Basra is a hub of oil wealth but is poor and angry. Protests have continued for weeks over a lack of drinking water and an excess of political corruption — with some blaming Iran.

One year after the Supreme Court ruled that cities are allowed to remove homeless encampments, Grants Pass — the Oregon city that gave name to the case — can't legally remove an encampment there.

We look at the uptick in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon after and overnight Israeli strike in Beirut.

A lack of liquidity is hampering Syria's economic recovery after years of corrupt dictatorship

Amid obstacles in getting food to Gaza, a U.S. aid group tests new ideas for non-lethal ways of dropping aid.

NPR visits villages along the Lebanese-Syrian border where Israel has continued demolitions and attacks despite a ceasefire last year.

Iraqi security forces swept out anti-government protesters occupying public squares in Baghdad and set fire to encampments after a powerful Shiite cleric removed his support for the protesters.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas is putting neighboring Jordan in a precarious position — in a country already suffering an economic downturn and widespread discontent.

Six months of war in Gaza have sent shock waves through the Arab world. Public anger is growing in Jordan and Lebanon, two countries that have peace treaties with Israel.

Children are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting on the Lebanon-Israel border. In south Lebanon, an arts program is trying to restore some normalcy to their lives.