World Dec 11 Fall of Assad sparks new hope in Syria but minority groups remain concerned The sea change toward tenuous hope in Syria over the last two weeks has been tempered with a grim accounting of the last 14 years of war and a half a century of authoritarian rule under the Assad family. Special…
World Dec 03 Syrians describe living in the crossfire of a brutal civil war for 13 years Since Syria's “Arab Spring,” protests devolved into a decade-plus bloodletting. Fleeing civilians have been caught in the crossfire between the Assad regime, its Russian and Iranian allies and the various opposition groups that have fought against them. As the conflict…
World Nov 26 Syrian refugees in Lebanon flee to war-torn homeland after facing new conflict A year of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has destroyed many lives and livelihoods, including those of Syrian refugees sheltering in Lebanon. That led to a steady flow of refugees trying to return to Syria. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports…
World Oct 22 Lebanese healthcare workers caught in the line of fire from Israeli airstrikes The Israeli military said it killed the man set to succeed Hezbollah's longtime leader who was also assassinated in late September. As the war between Israel and Hezbollah expands, its toll on civilians in Lebanon is only worsening. Israeli airstrikes…
World Oct 16 Israel resumes bombardment on Beirut’s suburbs Israel resumed punishing airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and across central and southern Lebanon. More than 130 strikes targeted what Israel says were Hezbollah operatives and locations. Israel's military also said more than 90 Hezbollah rockets were fired into northern…
World Oct 15 Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill civilians and threaten safe havens for the displaced The U.S. said Tuesday it did not approve of Israel's bombing campaign in Beirut over the last several weeks that has led to major civilian casualties. Far from Beirut in northern Lebanon, a deadly Israeli airstrike targeted one Hezbollah member…
World Oct 14 Israeli attack on tent camp outside hospital in Gaza kills at least 4, injures dozens A weekend of death and destruction gave way to another day of carnage Monday in Gaza and Lebanon as Israeli forces struck multiple sites in both places. Israel suffered its own losses as troops came under fire from Hezbollah. But…
World Oct 13 Civilians feel nowhere is safe as Israel expands and intensifies strikes in Lebanon Israel is stepping up its bombardment of Gaza and Lebanon as it wages a multi-front war against Hamas and Hezbollah. In southern Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike on a century-old market killed one person and wounded several others, as Israeli Prime…
World Oct 11 Israel injures UN peacekeepers again, raising more concerns about its operation in Lebanon It was another day of widening war in Lebanon. Israeli troops fired again on U.N. positions, wounding two. IDF troops also fired on Lebanese Armed Forces. All this as Hezbollah militants fired dozens more rockets into Israel. But as Leila…
World Oct 10 U.N. accuses Israel of firing on its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon The United Nations said its peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon came under attack by Israeli forces. Israel invaded last month to press its military campaign against Hezbollah militants. The UN peacekeeping force is charged with keeping the border between Lebanon…