Oct 27 Syria Accuses U.S. of Killing Eight in Deadly Border Raid By PBS News Hour A funeral was held Monday for eight civilians killed in an attack on an eastern Syrian village on the Iraq border that Syria claims was carried out by U.S. forces. Continue reading
Jul 17 Air Raid Kills 15 Insurgents in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Airstrikes coordinated by U.S. special forces and Afghan troops against militants in western Afghanistan killed 15 insurgents and freed 15 hostages Thursday, officials said. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Journalist Describes Army Unit Tour in Afghanistan Elizabeth Rubin, a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, describes life for a U.S. Army company assigned to a remote outpost in Afghanistan. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Tensions Among Troops, Insurgents Fuel Further Violence in Somalia Unrest in violence-plagued Somalia continues amid tensions over the presence of Ethiopian troops who entered the country last year to oust an Islamic government. Independent Television News reports on the military and humanitarian situation in the East African nation. Continue watching
Jun 19 Baghdad Mosque Bombing Kills at Least 78 By PBS News Hour A truck bomb detonated outside a Shiite mosque in one of Baghdad's commercial centers Tuesday, leaving at least 78 people dead and injuring more than 200. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch Iraqi Minister Reacts to Mosque Bombing, Other Violence A key Shia mosque was bombed for the second time in Samarra, while a new Pentagon report revealed that violence across Iraq has increased since the U.S. troop surge. An Iraqi official and a reporter discuss the events. Continue watching
Jun 13 Bombers Again Hit Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra By Admin, PBS News Hour Suspected al-Qaida militants blew up two towers of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra Wednesday in a repeat of the 2006 attack that triggered retaliatory violence against Sunnis. Continue reading
Jun 06 Zarqawi Legacy Divides Sunni Opposition in Iraq By PBS News Hour In the year since an American missile ended the reign of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the movement he helped foster has continued to use Iraq as a rallying cry even as Sunni opposition to the militant group… Continue reading
May 14 Senior Taliban Commander Killed in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour The Afghan government and NATO have confirmed that Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah was killed during a U.S.-led operation in southern Afghanistan Saturday night. Continue reading
Mar 06 First African Union Peacekeepers Encounter Mortar Fire By PBS News Hour Just hours after African Union peacekeepers from Uganda landed in Mogadishu Tuesday, insurgents launched mortar attacks on the airport and on Somali government targets. Continue reading