May 06 Watch Can the U.S. Avoid ‘Slippery Slope’ to Deeper Engagement in Syria? Can the U.S. Avoid 'Slippery Slope' to Deeper Engagement in Syria?… Continue watching
Mar 21 Watch News Wrap: February Was Best Month in Three Years for Increase of Home Sales In other news Thursday, housing sales were up 0.8 percent in February 2013, the fastest increase in three years. The rise was attributed to record-low mortgage rates and job growth. In Syria, a suicide bomber hit a mosque in Damascus,… Continue watching
Feb 21 Exchanging Fire in Syria’s War By Larisa Epatko "As in the ruins of Beirut, Sarajevo or Stalingrad, it is a sniper's war; men stalk their fellow man down telescopic sights, hunting a glimpse of flesh, an eyeball peering from a crack," writes Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic about Syria. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch Powerful Car Bomb Attack Kills More Than 50 People in Damascus The explosion of at least three car bombs rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing more than 50 people and injuring hundreds. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports. Margaret Warner talks with Zeina Karam of the Associated Press about… Continue watching
Feb 06 Syria Littered With Tanks, Bombed Buildings By Larisa Epatko Damages mount in Syria as fighting between government and anti-government forces continues for nearly two years. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Violence Escalates in Rebel-Government Fight Over Control of Damascus Bombs and airstrikes were on the uptick in Damascus and its surrounding suburbs as rebel fighters and government troops clashed in attempts to take control of Syria's capital. Ray Suarez reports on the latest advances in the country's nearly two-year… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch As Fighting Continues in Damascus, Syrians Still Seek Sense of Normal Life As Fighting Continues in Damascus, Syrians Still Seek Sense of Normal Life… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch News Wrap: Syrian War Planes Bomb Refugee Camp to Fend Off Rebel Offensives In other news Tuesday, Syrian war planes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp outside Damascus for the second time in a week, in attempt of fending off a rebel offensive on the capital. Also in Syria, NBC News foreign correspondent Richard… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch As Syrian Rebels Receive Endorsement, Will They Also Get Military Assistance? As Syrian Rebels Receive Endorsement, Will They Also Get Military Assistance?… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch News Wrap: U.N. Pulls Out Non-essential Staff From Syria Due to Safety Concerns In other news Monday, the United Nations announced plans to remove all non-essential staff from Syria as concerns grow over safety given that country's civil war. Meanwhile, President Obama warned the Assad regime against crossing a "red line" of using… Continue watching