World Oct 14 Freed Israeli hostages face long road to physical and mental recovery The fragile Israel–Hamas ceasefire faces new tension. All 20 living hostages were released on Monday and were supposed to be accompanied by the bodies of 28 deceased hostages. But as of Tuesday evening, only eight have been handed over. As…
World Oct 13 Israeli hostages freed and Palestinian detainees released after 2 years of brutal war After two years of brutal war, 20 Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners were swapped as the American-led ceasefire in Gaza held. It was a day of hope and relief for many, tinged with apprehension of what…
World Aug 04 5 years after Beirut blast, victims struggle to rebuild lives as leaders evade blame Five years ago, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped apart Beirut's waterfront with a terrifying power. The blast, which many still refer to as "the bomb," was not terrorism, nor was it war. It was caused by…
World Jan 31 Syrian revolutionary describes his vision for rebuilding after 13 years of civil war As Syria recovers from 13 years of civil war and five decades under the Assad regime, its citizens face the daunting task of rebuilding their nation. Saleh Hawa, a Syrian literature professor and revolutionary, saw his hometown bombed heavily during…
World Jan 08 Syria's once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia Islam, and the people of his former region…
World Dec 26 How the Assad regime made billions producing and exporting party drugs Now that the Assad regime in Syria has fallen, the full scale of that government’s production and distribution of illicit drugs is coming to light. Leila Molana-Allen reports from the drug factories in Syria.
World Dec 18 Amid new freedoms, Syrians face horrors at site of Assad's 2013 chemical weapons attack Syrians are celebrating their hard-won freedoms throughout the nation, but that joy is tempered by the absence of so many imprisoned and never heard from again. In some ways, Syria is a land of ghosts, and the job of speaking…
World Dec 17 Displaced Syrians return to face daunting task of rebuilding homes and families In Syria, people are returning home after years of a civil war that displaced millions and left the country divided and destroyed. Assad regime checkpoints that severed any chance of seeing loved ones are now gone like the government. Special…
World Dec 16 Syria's rebel leaders face critical decisions as they chart new path for the country For the first time since he fled the country he ruled with an iron fist and a willingness to kill his own people to hold power, Bashar al-Assad was heard from. In a statement from exile in Moscow, Assad claimed…
World Dec 15 Syrians begin piecing their lives back together a week after rebels overthrow Assad Signs of normalcy are starting to return a week after life inside Syria was upended as rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. As the country’s new leaders begin to chart a path forward, the UN envoy to Syria called for…