Peter Kenyon
Peter Kenyon is NPR's international correspondent based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Prior to taking this assignment in 2010, Kenyon spent five years in Cairo covering Middle Eastern and North African countries from Syria to Morocco. He was part of NPR's team recognized with two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University awards for outstanding coverage of post-war Iraq.
In addition to regular stints in Iraq, he has followed stories to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria, Morocco and other countries in the region.
Arriving at NPR in 1995, Kenyon spent six years in Washington, D.C., working in a variety of positions including as a correspondent covering the US Senate during President Bill Clinton's second term and the beginning of the President George W. Bush's administration.
Kenyon came to NPR from the Alaska Public Radio Network. He began his public radio career in the small fishing community of Petersburg, where he met his wife Nevette, a commercial fisherwoman.
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On Monday, Israel saw the first high-level resignation stemming from the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. The head of military intelligence announced he would step down.
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Arch-foes Israel and Iran are firing missiles at each other. But the unprecedented attacks on each other's territory appear — for now — not to have sparked an all-out war.
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After Iran's unprecedented but largely ineffective attack against Israel, international leaders are calling on Israel to show restraint and to be wary of it spiraling into a broader regional conflict.
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In Iran, the crackdown on dissent continues long after the protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody. Iranians fleeing persecution at home are seeking shelter in Turkey.
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Turkey's municipal elections were the biggest snub to the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in years, leaving the opposition in control of Istanbul and many other key cities.
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Iran, on Friday, held the first parliamentary election since 2022's nationwide protests against the government.
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A year after powerful earthquakes devastated southern Turkey, officials have raised the death toll to more than 53,000 people. Calls to hold officials accountable have so far gone unanswered.
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Despite promises of a massive construction campaign after the earthquake in southern Turkey a year ago, many people are still living in shipping containers and tents.
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Iran has attacked targets in Pakistan, Iran and Syria in recent days, and its militant proxies are also active. This adds to the tension in an already volatile region.
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The U.S. military struck Yemen for a second night, bombing a radar facility used by Iranian-backed Houthis. The earlier U.S.-led attack targeted nearly 30 locations in Yemen.