Recently by P.J. Tobia
Jihadi Chat Rooms Say C U L8R
April 4, 2012 | Mention an Internet chat room and certain images spring to mind: over-caffeinated teenage boys trading World of Warcraft tips or fantasy baseball fanatics slinging obscure stats. But for jihadis, chat rooms are the font from which they can receive...
Syrian Opposition Leaders Break Up, No Chance of Make-Up
March 15, 2012 | Syrian activists paint old Syrian flags for use in a demonstration in Qusayr in western Syria on March 1. Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images. Breaking up may be hard to do, but the folks who run the Syrian National...
While Iran Dominates the Headlines, Palestinian Issue Is Big Topic at AIPAC
March 6, 2012 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC conference on Monday. Photo by Chris Kelponis/AFP/Getty Images. The major storyline coming out of this week's American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington, D.C., was the possibility of...
What Yemen's Presidential Vote Means for U.S. Interests, Yemeni Daily Life
February 21, 2012 | A man votes in Sanaa, Yemen. Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images. Citizens of Yemen went to the polls Tuesday to mark their vote on a presidential ballot that had only one name on it, that of current Vice President...
Siege of Homs Grinds On: 'There Is a Sniper at the End of Our Street'
February 10, 2012 | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army continues to blast away at the city of Homs and on Thursday we spoke with someone living in the middle of the conflict. Lubna, a 27-year-old woman who wished to be identified only by her...
Inside Homs, 'The Blood Is on the Floor'
February 8, 2012 | Reports from the besieged Syrian city of Homs paint a dire picture. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that dozens have died there in the last 24 hours, 14 of them children. The assault by Syrian government forces came...
Are Syrian Spies Operating on U.S. Soil?
January 3, 2012 | UPDATE Jan. 12. We post a special report with a series of audio, text and video responses from Syrian Americans who responded to our Public Insight Network query. UPDATE Jan. 9: Newshour Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan hosted a live video chat...
PBS NewsHour Seeks Syrian-American Voices
January 2, 2012 | Are you a Syrian living in the United States? Have you been harassed or intimidated by agents of the Assad regime or the Mukhabarat? Has your family in Syria been punished for your political beliefs or actions here? For the...
Protestors, Police Clash Anew in Cairo
December 19, 2011 | A police crackdown on protestors in Cairo, during the second stage of Egypt's election, led to the most-violent episodes yet in the post-Mubarak era. Margaret Warner gets the latest from The New York Times' David Kirkpatrick, who has been covering...
Tunisian Leader Comes to Washington, Preaches Moderate Political Islam
December 2, 2011 | Tunisia's Ennhada Islamist party leader Rachid Ghannouchi during a visit to Algeria on Nov. 20. Photo by Farouk Batiche/AFP/Getty Images. Rachid Ghannouchi, head of the Tunisian Ennhada Party which captured the majority of that country's parliamentary seats in...
Why Did Assad, Saddam and Mubarak Protect Christians?
October 14, 2011 | Recent attacks on a Christian church in Egypt led to violent protests and dozens dead on the streets of Cairo. David Kirkpatrick leads The New York Times' coverage of the protests and he appeared on the NewsHour...
Supporters of Assad Regime Retaliate -- on the Web
October 7, 2011 | Dictators in Tunisia and Egypt learned the hard way about the organizational and promotional power of social media. It's a lesson that supporters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad have taken to heart. In recent weeks and months, as Syria...
Palestinians to Demand U.N. Vote on Statehood
September 14, 2011 | Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Photo by Olivier Pacteau via Flickr Creative Commons. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will go to the United Nations next week and ask the world body to recognize a Palestinian state. The move could...
