World Aug 09 Inside the southern Lebanon border area laid to waste as Israel, Hezbollah trade fire The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began the day after the Oct. 7 attacks with the militants striking Israel's north with rockets and artillery. We've shown you over the last months the toll on Israelis, in lives and lives interrupted…
World Aug 05 Inside a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where Hamas is gaining popularity amid war The killing of a top Hamas leader shook a Middle East already ten months into a brutal war. It has also galvanized Palestinian populations beyond Gaza and the West Bank, especially in Lebanon, long home to both political and armed…
World Jul 31 Hezbollah legislator accuses Netanyahu of trying to 'drag the Americans' into Mideast war The Israeli airstrike on a senior Hezbollah leader came after ten months of low-level conflict between the militants and Israel. For insights into Hezbollah's military and political influence, Special Correspondent Simona Foltyn traveled to its southern Beirut stronghold, beginning at…
World Feb 07 Militia hit by U.S. airstrikes in Iraq claims no connection to attacks on American troops A U.S. airstrike in Baghdad Wednesday killed a leader of a group that has struck American forces for years. But another group bore most of the dead and casualties from last week's strikes and claims no connection to the attacks…
World Dec 21 Israel and Hezbollah trade fire in escalating conflict, raising fears of regional war Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire in a limited but slowly escalating conflict. So far, the skirmishes have killed nine Israeli soldiers, four civilians and more than 100 Lebanese, most of them Hezbollah fighters. Israeli officials have said they…
World Nov 14 Abbas Ibrahim discusses Israel-Hamas war and Hezbollah's looming threat Much of the focus of this latest Israel-Hamas war is focused on Gaza and the brutal fighting there. But a larger, more threatening force in Hezbollah sits across Israel's northern border. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn recently sat down with a…
World Nov 03 Hezbollah leader warns of regional war if Israel does not de-escalate siege of Gaza The Hezbollah chief in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, gave a speech for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began almost a month ago. Hezbollah is the most powerful in the so-called Axis of Resistance, a group of Iran-aligned actors allied…
World Sep 27 How the war in Ukraine and Russian influence is shaping Slovakia's upcoming election When the war in Ukraine began, its western neighbor Slovakia was one of the first European Union countries to provide military aid. That support, as well as Slovakia’s westward orientation, could soon be ending. The nation of 5.5 million is…
World Apr 07 Iraq's younger generations feel shut out of the economy and political process Over half of Iraq's 42 million people are under the age of 25 and grew up in the wake of the U.S. invasion. But while this young population could be a driver for growth, many find themselves shut out of…
World Apr 03 Former president of Iraq reflects on U.S. invasion 20 years later Sunday will mark 20 years since American troops captured Baghdad after a swift and seemingly conclusive victory over Iraqi forces. But that victory was a mirage and years of terror remained for both Iraq and the U.S. before the establishment…