Jane Arraf

President Trump has extended the ceasefire, but Iran says it's not enough if the naval blockade is still in place.

President Trump announced a second round of Iran talks in Pakistan while warning of renewed strikes if diplomacy fails, but Tehran signals it may boycott negotiations amid ongoing U.S. naval pressure.

Syrian Kurds ran their own autonomous region for 12 years after breaking away from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Now, in the new Syria, they are being forced to relinquish that autonomy, losing much of what they fought for.

NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.

American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released a week after she was kidnapped by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militant group.

One of the biggest targets of Iranian attacks has been in Iraq, against armed Iranian opposition bases in the Kurdistan region. Many opposition fighters see this moment as an chance to go home.

At least 15 U.S. military personnel were wounded in an Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi rebels entered the war with an attack on Israel.

In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity.

NPR's Jane Arraf reports on developments in the war in the Middle East.

Kurdistan's deputy prime minister tells NPR that Kurdish forces will not enter Iran or join the war, insisting "this is not our war" despite pressure from Washington and regional tensions.