Aug 20 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Prepared to Intervene Should Syrian Regime Use Chemical Weapons In other news Monday, President Obama warned President Bashar al-Assad that the U.S. is prepared to take military action should his regime use biological or chemical weapons to fight rebel opposition forces. Also, the wife of a disgraced Chinese politician… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch Forces Clash in Syria’s Two Largest Cities President Bashar al-Assad's regime and the Free Syrian Army battled for control over Syria's two largest cities, Damascus and Aleppo. Independent Television News' John Irvine and Alex Thomson report on the violence that continues between rebels and government troops. Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch Fears Mount Over Assad’s Stockpiles of Chemical Weapons 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… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Saddam Begins Trial for Ordering Deaths of Thousands of Kurds Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is being tried for ordering the genocide of thousands of Kurds in northern Iraq during his rule. Continue watching
Apr 07 Initial Tests Indicate Chemical Weapons in Iraq Coalition forces may have found a chemical weapons cache at an Iraqi training facility, but further tests are needed to conclusively determine whether the materials are banned weapons of mass destruction, military officials told Reuters and MSNBC. Continue reading