Mar 07 Watch News Wrap: Ohio Rep. Kucinich Concedes Defeat in Redistricting Showdown In other news Wednesday, Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich lost his Democratic primary race Tuesday against Rep. Marcy Kaptur after redistricting forced them into the same district. In Syria, the Red Crescent entered the devastated Baba Amr district in the city… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch News Wrap: Refugees Flee Syria for Lebanon as Crackdown Extends In other news Monday, the flow of Syrian refugees into Lebanon accelerated with the U.N. refugee agency estimating as many as 2,000 Syrians fled the region around Homs over the weekend. In Yemen, at least 107 soldiers died in heavy… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch Homs Residents ‘Planning Their Last Minutes’ Amid ‘Systematic Slaughter’ Saying the city had been "cleansed," the Syrian government prohibited the Red Cross from delivering critical food and medical supplies Friday to the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs. John Irvine of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch News Wrap: Ousted Yemeni President Saleh to Seek Exile in Ethiopia In other news Monday, Syria's opposition reported as many as 138 deaths as new protests surfaced against the regime. The Syrian Red Crescent reached the besieged city of Homs and evacuated three people. Also, ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh will… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch In Tunisia, ‘Friends of Syria’ Call for Ceasefire, Assad to Step Down Officials from more than 60 nations met Friday, calling on Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down and for the government to stop killing its people. That would allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered and evacuations to begin in Homs,… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch Anthony Shadid Remembered for ‘Great Brilliance About War Reporting’ Anthony Shadid Remembered for 'Great Brilliance About War Reporting'… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Writer Claims Syrian Government Took Down Her Facebook Page Syrian-American writer Marah Bukai says the Syrian government took down her Facebook page. Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Writer Claims Syrian Government Has Tried to Intimidate Her Syrian-American writer Marah Bukai says the Syrian government has tried to intimidate her. Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch Why Assad Won’t Back Down In a defiant public speech Tuesday, Syrian President Assad repeated promises of reform and plans to crush dissent against his regime. Margaret Warner discusses what's next for Syria with former U.S. Ambassador Theodore Kattouf and Andrew Tabler, a Washington Institute… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch Syria’s Claims Over ‘Unusual’ Bombings in Damascus Draw Much Skepticism Two bombs erupted in Syria's capital Friday, killing at least 47 people and wounding more than 150, but many activists and regional analysts are skeptical of the Assad government's claims that al-Qaida is behind them. Ray Suarez gets an update… Continue watching