SHAPIRO: Mohammed al-Refai was a 22-year-old refugee from Syria. In 2015, millions of Syrians fled the civil war in their country. Mohammed's family went across the border to Jordan, but something ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's flagship afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. He has been a question on Jeopardy and an answer in the New York Times crossword ...

SHERLOCK: Well, Ari, yeah, I mean ... so this gives them a seat at the table in what comes next in Syria. SHAPIRO: That's NPR's Ruth Sherlock. Thank you. SHERLOCK: Thank you.

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JOSHUA LANDIS: It's a pleasure being with you, Ari. SHAPIRO: I want to try to ... hollowed out and didn't have money to pay people. SHAPIRO: Syria has been such a crucial, strategically useful ...

HEYDEMANN: Well, I think Syria faces significant headwinds, and they arise in part from the identity of HTS as an Islamist movement. SHAPIRO ... Thank you very much, Ari. Transcript provided ...