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Al-Qaida Extremists Fight For Influence In Iraq, Syria

NPR | By David Greene,

Deborah Amos

Published January 6, 2014 at 4:07 AM CST

David Greene

David Greene is an award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author. He is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, the most listened-to radio news program in the United States, and also of NPR's popular morning news podcast, Up First.

Deborah Amos

Deborah Amos covers the Middle East for NPR News. Her reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.