Jane Arraf
Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East for NPR News.
Arraf joined NPR in 2016 after two decades of reporting from and about the region for CNN, NBC, the Christian Science Monitor, PBS Newshour, and Al Jazeera English. She has previously been posted to Baghdad, Amman, and Istanbul, along with Washington, DC, New York, and Montreal.
She has reported from Iraq since the 1990s. For several years, Arraf was the only Western journalist based in Baghdad. She reported on the war in Iraq in 2003 and covered live the battles for Fallujah, Najaf, Samarra, and Tel Afar. She has also covered India, Pakistan, Haiti, Bosnia, and Afghanistan and has done extensive magazine writing.
Arraf is a former Edward R. Murrow press fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Her awards include a Peabody for PBS NewsHour, an Overseas Press Club citation, and inclusion in a CNN Emmy.
Arraf studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa and began her career at Reuters.
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A collapsed peace effort gives way to an escalating cycle of U.S. and Iranian retaliation. The U.S. military has confirmed that three service members have been killed since Friday.
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The U.S. struck bridges and a tower at a key Iranian port after Trump warned of attacks to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran continued retaliatory strikes.
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The number of children injured by Israeli air strikes have soared since they began in March. One family is dealing with the physical -- and emotional trauma -- of a young girl struck in April.
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The ceasefire agreement between the U.S, and Iran extends to Lebanon, but the fighting there has yet to stop and Israel says it is not withdrawing.
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Israel and Iran exchanged fire early Monday, escalating tensions and raising fears the conflict could pull the region back into a full-scale war.
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The ceasefire with Iran is under strain. In Lebanon and Gaza, the truce deals exist only on paper.
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Israel has punished Israeli soldiers who desecrated Christian statues in Lebanon but denies bulldozing a convent, despite satellite images indicating otherwise.
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President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn't offer details and it's not yet clear where Iran stands.
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Representatives for Israel and Lebanon meet in Washington, D.C., for a second time to end the war, as their ceasefire frays.
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As the ceasefire with Iran comes under strain in the Gulf, the ceasefire in southern Lebanon is also fraying.