Skip to main content
Nevada Public Radio
  • News 88.9 KNPR
  • Classical 89.7 kcnv
  • Magazine Desert Companion
  • About

    How to reach us

    1289 S. Torrey Pines Dr.
    Las Vegas, NV 89146

    Main Number:  1-702-258-9895
    Toll Free: 1-888-258-9895

    More contact info

     

     

      • Staff
      • Board of Directors
      • Employment
      • FCC Applications
      • CPB Compliance
      • Our Policies
      • Listen on the Radio
      • Other Ways to Listen
      • Sign-up for NVPR News
      • FCC Public Inspection File
      • CPB Funding
      • History
    • News 88.9 KNPR
    • Classical 89.7 KCNV
    • Desert Companion
  • Programs
  • Events
  • Support
  • myPublicRadio
  • Donate Now

Main menu

Search

Listen

News 88.9 KNPR
Classical 89.7 KCNV
Podcasts view all

member station

Support

Subscribe to syrians

syrians

NPR
World
Migrants aiming to cross into Poland camp near the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on Nov. 17.

Syrians say Belarus deported them even though they're wanted by Assad's regime

Dec 24, 2021
After luring asylum-seekers to the EU as a political stunt, Belarus has now sent people back to the dangerous place they were escaping, rights groups and migrants tell NPR.
  • Listen Download
NPR
Goats and Soda
Kawthar, 16, says she was beaten and raped on her wedding night after being married to a 32-year-old Syrian man from a nearby refugee camp. "I wish to become a dragon and burn the scarves and everything in that tent," she said.

Stunning Photos Depict Migrants 'As They'd Rather Be Seen'

Oct 07, 2018
The photos avoid war, destruction and poverty — and instead focus on the beauty and resilience of people who leave home in search of a better life.
NPR
Goats and Soda
Bashar, sits on a table for prepping meals in the Ramadan Kitchen.

'Ramadan Kitchen' Gives Syrian Refugees A Taste Of Home

Jun 12, 2018
The kitchen serves 5,000 iftar meals daily to displaced families living in camps in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon during Ramadan. For many, it offers a sense of community, family and tradition.
NPR
The Salt
Ismail tends her plot.

Community And Vegetables Grow Side-By-Side In Syrian Refugee Camp Gardens

Feb 22, 2018
Some Syrians have found that the difficult work of growing fruits and vegetables in refugee camps brings a sense of home, peace, and of course, adds fresh food to the community.
NPR
The Two-Way
Syrians arriving last month from Jarablus, in Aleppo province, to their old neighborhood of al-Waer, in Homs, Syria. They left their homes to escape the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and now they are going back.

U.N.: More Than 600,000 Syrians Have Returned Home In 2017

Aug 11, 2017
The U.N. migration agency says that number is comparable to the number of returns spanning the entire year in 2016. But new displacements are considerably higher than returns.
NPR
The Two-Way
Alan Kurdi's body lies on the shores of Bodrum, southern Turkey, in September 2015 after a boat carrying 23 migrants sank while reaching the Greek island of Kos.

2 Men Linked To Drowning Death Of Syrian Toddler Are Convicted Of Trafficking

Mar 04, 2016
The Syrian nationals were both sentenced to four years in prison for human trafficking, but they were found not guilty of causing the deaths of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi and four others last fall.
NPR
Politics
The Bloomberg/Selzer poll asked about the best approach to dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis — proceeding with a plan to resettle 10,000 in the U.S., to filter by religion or accept none.

This Isn't The First Time Americans Have Shown Fear Of Refugees

Nov 21, 2015
In 1939, a Gallup poll found 61 percent of Americans opposed a plan for taking in 10,000 refugee children, most of them German Jews.
  • home
  • How to reach us
  • About
  • Support
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • NVPR News
  • Instagram

© All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy

PRXNPRAPMBBC INN