Aug 28 Watch News Wrap: Islamic State executes captured Syrian fighters By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Islamic State militants reportedly executed more that 150 Syrian soldiers taken during recent fighting. Meanwhile, President Obama tamped down expectations for military action in Syria, saying the U.S. priority is to fight Islamic State in… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch News Wrap: UN investigators accuse Syrian government of additional poison gas attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Why Israel and Hamas are interested in making this cease-fire stick By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Hamas and Israel agree to truce that opens more Gaza border crossings By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 26 Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire By News Desk Egyptian state television announced Tuesday that Israel and Hamas will enter a cease-fire at 7 p.m. local time (noon EDT), ending a seven-week Gaza war that has left more than 2,200 people dead. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch News Wrap: Baghdad mosque bombed in wave of attacks By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, at least 58 people died in Iraq in a series of attacks that mostly targeted Shiite districts. At a mosque in Baghdad, a suicide bomber detonated a vest with explosives as worshippers were leaving after… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 25:08 PBS NewsHour Weekend: Saturday, August 23, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight's edition, ISIS gains more control in Syria as the U.S. weighs its military options. In our signature segment, a look at background checks and a report on how cases of mistaken identity can cost people job offers. And,… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Targeting political operatives, Israel moves into new phase of fighting Hamas By PBS News Hour Following this week’s cease-fire collapse, Israeli airstrikes killed multiple Hamas leaders in Gaza. The Associated Press’s Josef Federman, reporting from Jerusalem, talks to Hari Sreenivasan about news that a member of Hamas has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and killing… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Israeli strikes kill members of Hamas leadership By PBS News Hour A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed three senior Hamas military leaders Thursday. Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of Gaza as part of their funeral procession. Meanwhile, a top Hamas official acknowledged for the first time that his group was… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch News Wrap: Israel and Hamas resume fierce attacks By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, a strike by Israel targeted the head of Hamas’ military wing in a new round of attacks, but Gazans say it instead killed his wife and son. Also, police and soldiers in Liberia enforced an… Continue watching