The rippling effect of the Iran war, seen from the border with Turkey

NPR | By Emily Feng,

Adrian Ma

Published March 29, 2026 at 5:21 PM EDT

U.S. marines have arrived in the Middle East. NPR's Emily Feng has been monitoring the latest developments from the border of Iran and Turkey.

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Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.

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Adrian Ma covers work, money and other "business-ish" for NPR's daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money.

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