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Deborah Amos Deborah Amos covers the Middle East for NPR News. Her reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition.

Tuesday March 21, 2023

Saddam Hussein's trial was meant to be a symbol of a new democratic Iraq

Monday March 20, 2023

Smoke covers the presidential palace compound in Baghdad, Iraq, during a massive US-led air raid on the Iraqi capital on March 23, 2003. PATRICK BAZ/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

US Still Has Lessons To Learn From Its Misguided War In Iraq

Sunday March 12, 2023

How an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran could affect U.S. influence

Monday March 6, 2023

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland meets with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin participate in a signing ceremony at the Department of Justice on September 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

We Traveled With Attorney General Merrick Garland To Ukraine

Tuesday February 14, 2023

A view of the courtyard of Kherson regional children's home in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Russian authorities have been accused of deporting Ukrainian children to Russia to raise them as their own. Thousands of children were seized from schools and orphanages in Ukraine by Russian authorities, according to researchers at Yale University. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption

Russia deports thousands of Ukrainian children. Investigators say that's a war crime

Monday February 13, 2023

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. has changed its laws on prosecuting war crimes

Wednesday October 5, 2022

One activist is using the World Cup to raise awareness of LGBTQ rights in Qatar

Saturday July 9, 2022

Ukrainians and Belarusians living in Krakow, Poland, protest with local Poles at a "NATO Close The Sky" demonstration in Krakow's main market square. Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Getty Images hide caption

Ukraine's first war rape case is underway — but prosecutions are rare

Thursday June 23, 2022

Poland's abortion-rights activists say they can teach Americans about loopholes

Thursday January 13, 2022

German court sentences Syrian intelligence officer to life in prison for war crimes

Defendant Anwar Raslan (right) and others involved in his trial stand in the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, at the start of a trial session last month. Raslan was put on trial in April 2020 in a landmark case in Germany. Thomas Frey/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

In a landmark case, a German court convicts an ex-Syrian officer of torture

Wednesday December 29, 2021

In his 20s, with the hopes of becoming a foreign correspondent, Kevin Dawes - now 39, at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, Calif. - traveled to Libya and then Syria where he was arrested, imprisoned and tortured. Preston Gannaway for NPR hide caption

An American was locked up in Syria. A pact with a British inmate may have saved him

Wednesday December 8, 2021

An American Citizen and a British doctor, held in a Syrian prison, make a pact

Monday October 4, 2021

War Crimes survivors turn to German courts when international tribunals are blocked

Tuesday September 28, 2021

Hassan Mahmoud, 53, is one of the Syrians who testified in a landmark trial in Germany in which a former Syrian security official is charged with crimes against humanity and other crimes for overseeing torture at a prison. Eman Helal for NPR hide caption

Syrians Have Stared Down Threats To Testify Against Assad's Regime In A Landmark Trial

Thursday September 16, 2021

Witnesses Of Alleged War Crimes In Syria Testify Despite Feeling They're In Danger

Sunday August 22, 2021

Volunteers and trainees with the group Bikeygees at a park in Berlin in July. The organization teaches refugee women in Germany how to ride bikes. Trainee Shapol Bakir-Rasoul, a refugee from Iraq, holds up a Bikeygees sign with founder Annette Krüger, right. Behind them in yellow is volunteer Shaha Khalef, a refugee from Iraq. Deborah Amos/NPR hide caption

'A Beautiful Feeling': Refugee Women In Germany Learn The Joy Of Riding Bikes

Sunday July 25, 2021

German Bike Program Helps Refugee Women Acclimate To New Community

Tuesday July 20, 2021

A view of the Silwan neighborhood from the City of David park, with the al-Bustan area at the bottom of the valley. Fatma Tanis/NPR hide caption

A Hard-Line Jewish Nationalist Is Accused Of Stoking Anger Between Jews And Arabs

Saturday July 17, 2021

Israeli Comedy Writer Discusses Satire In Post-Netanyahu Era

Wednesday July 7, 2021

Jisr al-Zarqa is home to Palestinian citizens of Israel and one of the poorest parts of the country. Fatma Tanis/NPR hide caption

Palestinians Hope A New Israeli Government Means Progress For This Poor Town

Friday July 2, 2021

Palestinians May Be Evicted From Jerusalem Neighborhood To Make Way For Biblical Park

Wednesday June 16, 2021

Jewish ultranationalists take part in a flag-waving march Tuesday next to the Damascus Gate, outside Jerusalem's Old City. Mahmoud Illean/AP hide caption

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