Emily Feng
Stories
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As Syria rebuilds, hope collides with painful memories in one Damascus neighborhood
After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus neighborhood, where the violence and painful memories of the past are still literally being unearthed.
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Skiers hit the slopes in Lebanon despite turmoil
Ski season has kicked off in the Mediterranean country of Lebanon. Devoted skiers are coming to the slopes despite turmoil in the country.
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Supporters of ousted dictator Bashar Al-Assad flee Syria
A new type of Syrian refugee is fleeing across the border into Lebanon: those who once supported dictator Bashar Al-Assad.
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The power struggle taking place in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank, has spent weeks weeks besieging the Jenin refugee camp. The tussle for power is also a fight over different visions for the Palestinian people.
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Orthodox Christmas takes on special meaning in Lebanon ths year
Many Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas in January, not December. In Lebanon, Christians say the holiday is extra poignant for them this year.
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In Lebanon, the Litani River demarcates identity — and war
The Litani river descends from Lebanon's snow-capped mountains into dusty towns, then bisects the country and empties out into the Mediterranean. Along the way, it serves as a lifeline and boundary demarcating religion, environments, and war.
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Major sticking points between Israel and Hamas have made a ceasefire elusive
Throughout 2024 negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas were on again and off again. There were moments of great optimism and then months of no negotiations at all.
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Egyptian and Israeli leaders send condolences for Carter, who brokered their peace treaty
One of the crowning foreign policy achievements of Carter's single term as U.S. president was brokering a series of agreements that later came to be called the Camp David accords in 1978.
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Israeli forces have raided one of the last working hospitals in northern Gaza
After weeks of military activity, Israeli troops ordered people off the grounds of a hospital they say Hamas is using as cover. Officials say Israel is targeting civilians in an inhuman assault.
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Hezbollah contends with rising resentment in Lebanon
After signing a sweeping ceasefire with Israel, the Lebanon-based paramilitary organization and political party is falling out of favor with some of its most ardent supporters.
