Health Russia's strike on Ukraine maternity hospital is part of a terrible wartime tradition The attack on the facility in Mariupol reflects an unfortunate trend in wars in Syria, Ethiopia and other countries. The impact on health care in the short-term and the long run is beyond devastating. Diane Cole
World Russia showed its playbook in Syria. Here's what it may mean for civilians in Ukraine The lessons of Moscow's involvement in Syria's civil war stand as a specter of the heavy-handed playbook experts fear could be used on an even larger and more deadly scale in Ukraine. Jason Breslow
World In a landmark case, a German court convicts an ex-Syrian officer of torture The world's first criminal trial on torture in Syria's prisons ended Thursday in Koblenz, Germany — the first time a high-ranking ex-Syrian official faced Syrians in open court in a war crimes case. Deborah Amos
World Syrians Have Stared Down Threats To Testify Against Assad's Regime In A Landmark Trial Witnesses have detailed Syrian prison abuse in a crimes against humanity trial in Germany for over a year. Some withdrew over threats, while many have persevered to bring to justice an ex-official. Deborah Amos
World No Country Will Take Them: Alleged ISIS Widow With Kids The Latest Of Many In Limbo The case of a woman who reportedly married ISIS fighters and is now stuck in Turkey with her young children has become the subject of a diplomatic dispute between Australia and New Zealand. Jaclyn Diaz
National U.S. Launches Military Airstrikes Against Iranian-Backed Militants In Syria The Thursday strikes targeted Iranian-backed groups in eastern Syria in response to rocket attacks against Americans in Iraq. Vanessa Romo
World 'I Was Absolutely Terrified': American Sam Goodwin Describes Syrian Prison Time The traveler tells the story of his two months held in Syria's notorious prisons, and how his family got a Lebanese official to help secure his release. Deborah Amos
National 'Raccoon Dog' Wandered Onto Army Base In Syria And Helped Center Soldier When Rumi wandered onto a military base in Syria, 1st Lt. Shelby Koontz took her in. She didn't want to abandon Rumi when her deployment ended, so Koontz used social media to find her a forever home. Marisa Peñaloza
Democratic Debate Ignores The Question of Syria NPR's Scott Simon notes a topic that didn't make the debate stage on Wednesday: the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Scott Simon
World Satellite Photos Show Rapid Growth Of Syrian Refugee Camps Fighting in northwest Syria has forced hundreds of thousands of people — many of them women and children — to seek shelter along the border. Jordan Pascale
