Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Hadeel Al-Shalchi is NPR's International Correspondent based in Istanbul.
Al-Shalchi joined NPR in 2020 as an editor on Weekend Edition and was a reporter with the International Desk covering the Israel-Hamas war. She was one of the first journalists to report from Syria after the fall of the Assad regime where she produced on-the-ground coverage that combined rigorous journalism with human-centered narratives that included an exclusive. More recently, she was in Beirut covering Israel's renewed war against Hezbollah.
Before joining NPR, Al-Shalchi covered the Middle East for 12 years for The Associated Press and Reuters, living in Cairo, Beirut, and Tripoli, Libya. She traveled the region extensively during the Arab Spring, reporting on the wars in Libya and Syria. She began her career as a newsreader and reporter at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Ottawa.
An Iraqi Canadian, Al-Shalchi was born in Kuwait, raised in Abu Dhabi, and went to high school and university in Canada. She has an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Ottawa and a master's degree in digital journalism from New York University. She is fluent in three Arabic dialects and speaks conversational French. She is an avid powerlifter and working towards a certificate to become a personal trainer.
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Mediators say Iran and Oman are close to an agreement to partially reopen shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The US has also signaled a deal could be close.
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President Trump backed away from a threatened attack on Iran again, claiming regional diplomacy has opened a path to a deal.
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New U.S. strikes on Iran and continued Iranian attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf and Jordan are sending ripples through global energy markets.
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Another series of U.S. strikes on Iran after two U.S. service members were killed during an Iranian ballistic and drone attack in Jordan.
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The recent funeral for Iran's Supreme Leader drew attention to the many Iranians seeking revenge against the U.S. — and are angry at their government for entering ceasefire talks.
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The U.S. strikes Iran for a third weekend and Iran retaliates by hitting Gulf nations and claiming to close the vital Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. says ship traffic continues.
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Fresh strikes between Iran and the United States and a tense ceasefire scrapped — Is the war with Iran back on?
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President Trump threatened more strikes against Iran after saying he believes the ceasefire is dead at the end of the NATO summit.
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NATO arrived in Ankara with a message of unity, but President Trump's renewed attacks on European allies have once again laid bare the tensions challenging the alliance's future.
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Iran holds a funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei more than four months after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes.
