Jane Arraf

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with reporter Pavni Mittal about the Indian elections which began this week and will end in June. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term.

Children are among the hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting on the Lebanon-Israel border. In south Lebanon, an arts program is trying to restore some normalcy to their lives.

Electronic warfare connected to the conflict in Gaza is interfering with the global positioning system in a large part of the region.

While Israel and the U.S. trumpet their success at shooting down Iran's drone and missile barrage, neighboring Jordan has been coy about the role it played in downing projectiles.

Iran's drone and missile assault on Israel heightens concerns about a widening regional conflict in the Middle East.

Six months of war in Gaza have sent shock waves through the Arab world. Public anger is growing in Jordan and Lebanon, two countries that have peace treaties with Israel.

Tehran says Israel is responsible and reserves the right to retaliate — putting the region are on high alert for what might come next.

Iran says Israel has killed one its most senior commanders in Syria's capital. It's believed to be the highest level assassination of an Iranian military leader since the war in Gaza began.

The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to make sure than more aid is allowed into Gaza. The court says famine isn't just imminent, but has already set in, which Israel denies.

Amid the war in Gaza, a crowd of people went into the Mediterranean Sea this week to try to retrieve boxes of aid from air drops. Gaza authorities say 12 people drowned.

Twenty-one years ago this weekend, a young American woman, Rachel Corrie, was killed while trying to stop the Israeli demolition of family homes in Gaza.

Consumers are boycotting U.S. products and companies to protest Washington's support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

It's more than five months into the war between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian children in Gaza are starving to death and the United Nations says most of the population there is at risk of famine.

There are an estimated six million Palestinian refugees in the diaspora — most of them descendants of families who left 76 years ago during the war when Israel was established.

With hunger growing in Gaza and aid down to a trickle, donor countries are increasingly resorting to air drops to help desperate Palestinians.

The war in Gaza is creating tensions across the Middle East, nowhere more so than Iraq, where Iran-backed militias are attacking US bases and forcing a dangerous confrontation.

Iraq's annual book fair opens today in Baghdad. But even when indulging in their favorite diversion, for Iraqis, war is always in the subtext

The war in Gaza is creating tensions across the Middle East. Nowhere more so than Iraq, where Iran-backed militias are attacking U.S. bases and forcing a dangerous confrontation.

A trans woman's harrowing journey to Australia from Iraqi Kurdistan through Lebanon and her struggle for a happier life.

Anti-U.S. sentiment is growing in Iraq as Iran-backed militia buries leader killed in U.S. strike.