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Oct. 24, 2011
Hisham Melhem, the Washington bureau chief of Al Arabiya News, Michele Dunne, director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council, and Marina Ottaway of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace speak with Gwen Ifill about the next steps for the Arab spring in Libya, Tunisia and Syria.
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Oct. 24, 2011
Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab spring, held its first truly democratic vote this weekend. Their Libyan neighbors continued to celebrate the death of Moammar Gadhafi, though more questions about his death continue. Meanwhile, there was no end in sight to the uprising in Syria against President Bashar al Assad.
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Aug. 24, 2011
Earlier this month, we aired a report from our partners at GlobalPost about protesters in Syria -- the mistreatment they endured and their tactics for getting around a restrictive regime.
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Aug. 18, 2011
The Syrian government rejected President Obama's call for Assad to step down on Thursday, accusing the United States and the West of "seeking to stoke more violence." Jeffrey Brown discusses the growing tension with Theodore Kattouf of AMIDEAST and Murhaf Jouejati of the National Defense University.
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Aug. 18, 2011
President Obama ratcheted up his criticism of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Thursday, issuing a statement insisting that he step down for "imprisoning, torturing and slaughtering his own people." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other world leaders backed President Obama's demand. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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June 24, 2011
In other news Friday, Syrian government troops opened fire on thousands of protesters; activists reported at least 15 killed. The shooting took place as crowds gathered after Friday prayers near Damascus and in several other cities. Also, Greece has moved a step closer to another financial bailout.
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June 14, 2011
Thousands of Syrians have fled to neighboring Turkey to escape the fighting between anti-government protesters and Syrian security forces, with more crossing the border every day.
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June 14, 2011
An estimated 8,500 refugees from Syria had entered tent cities in southern Turkey by mid-June, and thousands more have fled to Lebanon, to escape the Syrian government's crackdown on the opposition.
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June 8, 2011
Jonathan Rugman reports on the continued violence in Syria amid reports of heavy fighting in a northern province between opposition forces and those loyal to President Bashir Assad.
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June 3, 2011
Fighting intensified Friday around the Middle East as governments tried to overpower uprisings around the region. Jeffrey Brown discusses what's next for the people and governments of Syria, Yemen and Bahrain with author and foreign policy analyst Robin Wright.
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June 3, 2011
The leaders of Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Yemen are facing challenges to their authority from within -- from flash protests in Bahrain to a large-scale rebellion in Libya -- and their governments are cracking down on the opposition in different ways.
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May 19, 2011
In a speech about U.S. policy in light of recent Arab world uprisings, President Obama pledged economic support Thursday to Egypt and Tunisia as they work toward democracy. He also endorsed the 1967 borders of Israel and the Palestinian territories. Judy Woodruff reports.
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May 19, 2011
With a backdrop of continuing anti-government protests in the Arab world and criticism from some corners over a perceived uneven U.S. response, President Obama said in a major policy speech Thursday that the U.S. would use its influence and economic power to support the region's transitions to democracy.
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May 18, 2011
The Obama administration issued sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday in response to the continued violent crackdown on anti-government protesters in the country.
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May 17, 2011
After Egypt and Libya, the White House doesn't plan on inserting itself into another Arab uprising with an uncertain outcome, analysts say.
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May 13, 2011
Rebel uprisings continued to shake the Arab world on Friday as thousands of people took to the streets to demand that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down. Ray Suarez reports.
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May 11, 2011
As Syrian government tanks shell residential neighborhoods, Judy Woodruff discusses what is next for the Syrian uprising with The National Defense University's Murhaf Jouejati and The Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Andrew Tabler.
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May 11, 2011
Crackdowns on Syrian protesters intensified Wednesday, when government shelling targeted residential areas, killing 18 people. Judy Woodruff has the latest updates from the Syrian uprising.
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May 11, 2011
The Syrian government stepped up its campaign to quash a seven-week uprising Thursday. Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy explains the government's tactics.
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April 29, 2011
Despite weeks of a crackdown by government security forces, protesters reportedly took to the streets in Daraa, Latakia, Banias, Homs, Damascus and in other cities Friday, chanting and carrying signs decrying the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
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April 26, 2011
The Syrian government's crackdown on protesters intensified amid diplomatic discussions of possible action against the regime of President Bashir al-Assad. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on the violence in Syria, and Jeffrey Brown talks to Razan Zaitouneh, a human rights lawyer and activist in Damascus.
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April 22, 2011
The U.S. called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop the use of violence after government forces attacked protesters with live ammunition. Judy Woodruff discusses protesters' demands and the government's crackdowns with the International Crisis Group's Robert Malley and democracy activist and blogger Ammar Abdulhamid.
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April 22, 2011
Demonstrators took to the streets in several Syrian cities on Friday demanding reforms and the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. Government forces retaliated with bullets and tear gas. Local human rights activists said at least 75 people were killed. Judy Woodruff reports.
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April 19, 2011
The Syrian government warned its citizens against gathering for public demonstrations in a state television broadcast, saying it will crack down on protests.
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April 18, 2011
Syria's anti-government protests, still surging after a month, and a breakthrough in delivering humanitarian assistance in Libya, despite the military stalemate, are among the international developments we're keeping an eye on this week.
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April 15, 2011
The U.S. response to Middle East unrest has varied from vocal support for demonstrations in Egypt to NATO attacks in Libya to near silence on protesters' marches in Bahrain. Judy Woodruff discusses the contrasting U.S. responses with Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress and Human Rights Watch's Maria McFarland.
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April 15, 2011
President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote a joint op-ed saying their three nations "have been united from the start" and said allowing Moammar Gadhafi to remain in power "would be an unconscionable betrayal" of the Libyan people.
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March 18, 2011
Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the view of Arab world unrest from Syria, a country that until recently remained silent in the wave of uprisings challenging governments and demanding reforms across the Middle East and North Africa.