Apr 01 Watch A look inside the city of Homs, central battlefield of Syria’s war By PBS News Hour Syria’s civil war has killed more than 140,000 people. The city of Homs, once seen as the capital of the revolution, is now mostly controlled by government forces. Attack and starvation drove scores of rebels to flee or surrender, while… Continue watching
Feb 09 Hundreds evacuated from besieged city of Homs By Elisabeth Ponsot Hundreds of civilians fleeing the besieged Syrian city of Homs were evacuated from the fighting on Sunday. Continue reading
Feb 08 What we’re watching Saturday By Kayla Ruble PBS NewsHour is following the news of the day, from Afghanistan to Sochi. Continue reading
Jan 31 Syrian peace talks end with no progress By Bridget Bowman The Syrian peace talks in Geneva concluded Friday, with no progress towards a resolution and uncertainty that the sides will come together again to continue talks in a proposed February meeting. While the eight-day negotiations were underway, the civil war… Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch Syrian Conflict in Stalemate, Both Sides Wage ‘Image War’ to Keep Up Morale In Syria, Assad Makes Gains in Central Regions, Rebels Still Control Perimeter… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Syria’s Assad Predicts War Victory for His Forces Despite Rebel Attack on Homs A rebel attack on an army-controlled district in the key city of Homs showed that the Syrian opposition is still on the offense in the face of recent gains by government forces. Meanwhile, President Bashar al-Assad issued a statement expressing… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch Silent Stalemate on the Streets of Homs as Rebel and Regime Snipers Face-off Silent Stalemate on the Streets of Homs as Rebel and Regime Snipers Face-off… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Who are Syria’s Rebel Forces? Tracy Shelton of GlobalPost reports from behind the front line in Syria, where she has been embedded with Syria's opposition fighters. Then Ray Suarez speaks with Randa Slim of the New America Foundation on the strength and strategies of the… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch ‘Watching Syria Is Like Watching a Slow-Motion Train Wreck’ 'Watching Syria Is Like Watching a Slow-Motion Trainwreck'… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch U.S., Russia at Loggerheads Over Syria Washington and Moscow exchanged a war of words Wednesday over Syria and President Bashar al-Assad's escalating campaign to pound rebel cities into submission. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching