Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United States Editor for the Daily Telegraph, covering the 2016 US election. Before moving to the US in the spring of 2015, she was the Telegraph's Middle East correspondent.
Michel Martin is the weekend host of All Things Considered, where she draws on her deep reporting and interviewing experience to dig in to the week's news. Outside the studio, she has also hosted "Michel Martin: Going There," an ambitious live event series in collaboration with Member Stations.
Middle East conflict enters Day 6, clerics convene to replace Iran's supreme leader, China to send special envoy to help mediate the US-Israel-Iran war.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has been at the center of two major conflicts in recent months. Some parents of crew members and lawmakers worry about the impact of its lengthy deployment.
What are the domestic risks of terror attacks following U.S. strikes on Iran? NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Matthew Levitt, a counterterrorism expert at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.