MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: But we must because today is ... FADEL: But one thing. MARTIN: Go ahead, Leila. FADEL: But one thing I don't understand about Erika - she loves Mondays. INSKEEP: Yes.

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As cease-fire talks continue, NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui is believed to be alive and among the Israeli hostages who were seized by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks.

LEILA FADEL, HOST: But first, Syrians woke up this morning to their first day in decades without the Assad regime ruling their lives. MARTIN: The Assad family came to power in 1970, when Richard ...