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July 25, 2012
Though the League of Arab States approved NATO's intervention in Libya, it is still unclear whether the 22-member organization will take action in Syria, where conflict began 16 months ago. Judy Woodruff talks to Youssef Amrani, Morocco's delegate-minister for foreign affairs, about the role of the Arab League in Syria.
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July 25, 2012
Fighting continued for a fifth day in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Reports and footage reveal that alongside rebels, al-Qaida fighters are present on the battlefront. Independent Television News' Alex Thomson reports on the evidence that suggests al-Qaida might be using the Syrian revolution for its own devices.
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July 19, 2012
In addition to the diplomatic tension with China and Russia, reports that some of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapon stockpiles were recently moved have increased fears. Jeffrey Brown talks to Leonard Spector of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Julian Barnes of The Wall Street Journal.
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July 19, 2012
Despite harsh condemnation from other members of the U.N. Security Council, China and Russia vetoed a resolution that would have pressured Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to end violence against the uprising there. A Russian official said the measure would give Western countries leverage in overturning the government.
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July 19, 2012
Where is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad? Will Syria use chemical weapons? And where do things stand diplomatically?
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July 18, 2012
With violence escalating in Damascus, some analysts consider the Syrian conflict at a tipping point. Judy Woodruff discusses likely political transitions for Syria with the U.S. Institute of Peace's Steven Heydemann and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Frederic Wehrey.
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July 18, 2012
Bomb attacks at the Syrian national security headquarters killed members of President Bashar al-Assad's inner circle, including the defense minister and Assad's brother-in-law. Meanwhile, U.S. officials voiced concern about Syria's increasing instability and vulnerable chemical weapon sites. Judy Woodruff reports.
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July 18, 2012
Syrian rebels made headway this week, pushing into the capital Damascus and killing at least three top government officials. The infiltration, coupled with continued defections of members of the Syrian military, show the regime might be starting to crumble, some analysts say.
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July 13, 2012
Judy interviews Elizabeth Kennedy, Associated Press bureau chief in Beirut. They discuss the latest massacre, Russia's support, the chemical weapons stockpile and a warning by Hillary Clinton to the U.N. Security Council.
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July 13, 2012
U.N. monitors blame the Syrian government for killing hundreds of people in a rural village in what rebels call one of the worst days of bloodshed since the uprisings began in Syria more than a year ago.
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June 11, 2012
As dozens more died Monday in Syria amid heavy fighting, U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan said he was "gravely concerned," citing reports of continued shelling in Homs. Gwen Ifill discusses the prospects for civil war with Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Mona Yacoubian of the Stimson Center.
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June 11, 2012
Violence in Syria surged Monday as government and opposition forces escalated their use of lethal weapons. Shelling continued in Homs, killing at least 38 people. Gwen Ifill reports.
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June 11, 2012
Syria's opposition is advancing in terms of weapons and communications support, and the regime under President Bashar al-Assad is responding by clamping down on towns and villages, racking up casualties on both sides, some analysts are saying.
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June 8, 2012
Friday morning brought a new barrage of shelling in the Syrian city of Homs. Also, U.N. monitors saw evidence of multiple killings in a small town where activists reported a massacre. They said they found flesh, blood and piles of ash but no bodies. NPR's Deborah Amos joins Ray Suarez by phone from Damascus.
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June 7, 2012
"Syria cannot be peaceful, stable or certainly democratic until [President] Assad goes," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday, calling the latest near massacre "unconscionable." Ray Suarez and The Washington Post's Colum Lynch discuss the latest diplomatic maneuvering over Syria at the United Nations.
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June 7, 2012
U.N. observers in Syria said Thursday that they were blocked from accessing the scene of another alleged mass killing -- and even fired upon. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned the threat of civil war there is "imminent and real." Ray Suarez reports.
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June 7, 2012
In any revolution, getting weapons is a key challenge. Syria's rebels have found an interesting solution.
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June 6, 2012
In Syria, a rebel uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and the regime's crackdown continue to spill blood on both sides despite international envoy Kofi Annan's U.N.-backed proposed ceasefire.
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May 29, 2012
Responding to Syria's weekend massacre, United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan met with President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday -- asserting that the country had reached "a tipping point" in bloodshed. Judy Woodruff and Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer discuss ongoing global debate over how to stop the violence inside the country.
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May 29, 2012
Part of a wave of revulsion over the slaughter of at least 108 people in the Syrian region of Houla, the United States and other nations expelled Syrian diplomats on Tuesday. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports.
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May 28, 2012
United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Syria's capital Damascus Monday, condemning a weekend massacre that killed at least 108 people in the village of Houla. Ray Suarez and Alex Thomson of Independent Television News, reporting from Homs, discuss the attacks amid a languishing U.N. cease-fire agreement.
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May 28, 2012
In the aftermath of a weekend massacre in Syria, United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan arrived Monday in Damascus, condemning the "appalling crime." Heavy artillery and tank fire killed at least 108 in Houla, a collection of villages northwest of Homs. Ray Suarez reports.
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May 28, 2012
A massacre of more than 100 people in Houla, Syria, over the weekend is causing violence to spike in Lebanon, where Time magazine's Rania Abouzeid is reporting.
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April 19, 2012
Government guns blasted away in the Syrian city of Homs Thursday, oblivious to a U.N. cease-fire. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon proposed sending as many as 300 military observers to Syria while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a new U.N. resolution including an arms embargo. Judy Woodruff reports.
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April 9, 2012
As Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria falls apart, the Syrian army fired into a Turkish refugee camp Monday, escalating conflict and wounding at least five people. Also, in Lebanon, a cameraman was reportedly shot and killed by Syrian soldiers. Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times gives Jeffrey Brown an update from Beirut.
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April 9, 2012
Syria's conflict spilled across the border into Turkey and Lebanon Monday, with gunfire killing a Lebanese cameraman and injuring several people in a Turkish refugee camp. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports how government assaults are further diminishing hopes of a cease-fire on the eve of a deadline.
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April 5, 2012
Syrian activists dubbed Thursday's government assault on the Damascus suburb of Douma as one of the fiercest yet. But regime officials insist troop withdrawals have begun from the provinces of Daraa and Idlib, and peace envoy Kofi Annan said he expects the shooting to stop by April 12. Judy Woodruff updates the crisis.
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March 29, 2012
President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that Syria "will spare no effort" to make the peace plan proposed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan "a success," but said rebels must first cease their "terrorist acts." Margaret Warner and NPR's Kelly McEvers discuss the Syria debate at the Arab League summit in Baghdad.
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March 29, 2012
Arab League leaders gathered in Baghdad for the first time in decades Thursday to attend a summit where U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to translate his commitments to peace into action. Margaret Warner reports and GlobalPost's James Foley recounts the fighting in Saraqeb.
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March 27, 2012
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad toured the besieged city of Homs Tuesday, as reports suggested the government had accepted Kofi Annan's peace plan. Judy Woodruff discusses the latest developments with journalist Andrew Tabler, author of "In the Lion's Den," who lived in Syria for most of the last decade.