Eyder Peralta
Stories
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Latin America
How St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, worked his way into hearts in Mexico
Mexico City's celebration of St. Jude mixes the holy and the profane. Over the years, the Catholic saint for impossible causes has also become the people’s saint.
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A visit to Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold and target of Israel
Dahieh, where Hassan Nasrallah was killed, is both a Hezbollah stronghold and one of the most vibrant parts of Beirut.
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A surge of people are leaving Lebanon for Syria amid Israel-Hezbollah conflict
Some one million people in Lebanon have been displaced from their homes. Many of them have crossed the border into Syria -- fleeing one war-torn country for another.
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Life in a war zone: Israel ordered people in southern Lebanon to leave. Did they?
Southern Lebanon is being pounded by the Israeli air force. By some estimates, about a million people have left their homes. We her from some who have remained.
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On the Lebanon border with Israel the sound of explosions persist
Israel says its ground operations into Lebanon are limited, targeted raids. In Marjayoun, a town on Lebanon’s border with Israel, rocket fire and raids backed by airstrikes haven't let up.
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South Lebanon is the epicenter of Israel's new front
NPR reports from Marjayoun, close to the front lines in Israel's war with Hezbollah fighters. It’s where the Israeli military is conducting what it says are limited raids backed by air strikes.
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Hezbollah offers journalists a rare tour of its bombed-out Beirut stronghold
Many Israeli airstrikes are happening in a neighborhood called Dahieh. It’s a Hezbollah stronghold -- the same neighborhood where a blast killed longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah last week.
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Israel launches airstrikes to central Beirut as attacks widen
Early Monday morning, Israel struck a building in central Beirut for the first time since the conflict started nearly a year ago. Now, there is a military buildup along the border.
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Israel strikes hit central Beirut for the first time in nearly a year of the conflict
The city has been reeling from Friday’s airstrikes that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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Lebanon rocked by explosions, leading to the death of Hezbollah leader