{"id":1334,"date":"2025-05-14T20:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:17:22","slug":"state-of-the-world-from-npr-npr-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"State of the World from NPR : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<p>Syria is in a precarious place as it emerges from civil war and a long dictatorship. The recently announced removal of U.S. sanctions bring hopes that the economy might stabilize. Another challenge is Syria&#8217;s population\u2014 it is one of the most diverse countries in the Middle East and with that comes competing demands and priorities from various groups. NPR&#8217;s Jane Arraf takes us to southern Syria, near the border with Israel and introduces us to one of the biggest minority groups, the Druze.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"res1269312023\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 6000;&#10;        --source-height: 3999;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=400&amp;c=85&amp;f=webp 400w,&#10;https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=600&amp;c=85&amp;f=webp 600w,&#10;https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=800&amp;c=85&amp;f=webp 800w,&#10;https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=900&amp;c=85&amp;f=webp 900w,&#10;https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=1200&amp;c=85&amp;f=webp 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=1600&amp;c=85&amp;f=webp 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=1800&amp;c=85&amp;f=webp 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A Druze woman holds her baby daughter at the shrine.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Emily Garthwaite for NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Emily Garthwaite for NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"enlarge_measure\">\n<div class=\"img_wrap\">\n        <picture><source data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=2600&amp;c=100&amp;f=webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=2600&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><img data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/05\/14\/garthwaite-npr-reincarnation-12_slide-83c187c3807f2fcdf108de323d85a0e21fb027e3.jpg?s=2600&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"enlarge_html\">\n<div class=\"image_data\">\n<p class=\"caption\">A Druze woman holds her baby daughter at the shrine.<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>            Emily Garthwaite for NPR<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/14\/1251284820\/understanding-an-important-religious-group-in-syria\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria is in a precarious place as it emerges from civil war and a long dictatorship. 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