Oct 22 Beirut Bombing Fallout By Larisa Epatko A car bombing Friday killed an intelligence chief in Beirut, Lebanon. Mourners paid tribute at his funeral on Monday as gunbattles continued. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: At Least Seven Dead in Sectarian Gun Battles in Lebanon In other news Monday, at least seven people were killed in violence in Lebanon. Sunni gunmen who blamed the Syrian regime for a bomb that killed Lebanon's intelligence chief clashed with Shiite Muslims on the streets of Beirut and Tripoli. Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Syrian Crisis Inflames Lebanon-Syria Tensions as Lebanese Blame Assad for Bomb Syrian Crisis Inflames Lebanon-Syria Tensions as Lebanese Blame Assad for Bomb… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Memories of Civil War Reignited in Beirut After Car Bomb Kills at Least Eight Grim memories of Lebanon's 15-year civil war resonated in Beirut after a car bomb exploded in a mostly Christian neighborhood, killing at least eight people including intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan. Jeffrey Brown reports on how sectarian fault lines between Sunnis… Continue watching
Sep 17 Pope Visits Lebanon Amid Worldwide Protests By Larisa Epatko Amid continuing protests in the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI delivered a message of peace during a weekend visit to Lebanon. Continue reading
May 10 Watch U.N.'s Syria Cease-Fire Plan: The 'Least-Worst Option'? Suicide bombers struck Thursday in the heart of Syria's capital of Damascus, killing at least 55 people and wounding at least 370. Jeffrey Brown and NPR's Kelly McEvers, reporting from Beirut, discuss the finger pointing over who's behind the attacks… Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch In Syria, 'Much Skepticism' as Assad's Guns Fall Mostly Silent In Syria, 'Much Skepticism' as Assad's Guns Fall Mostly Silent… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Syria's Cross-Border Violence May Be No Accident 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. Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch Zach Condon Takes Beirut on a Journey for Home Art Beat talks to Zach Condon of Beirut about the band's latest album, "The Rip Tide."… 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