Aug 11 Watch Diplomats Work to End Mideast Fighting The U.N. Security Council moved to authorize the deployment of 15,000 troops to enforce a proposed truce between Israel and Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Experts discuss efforts to end the violence. Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Israel Threatens to Expand Military Effort Against Hezbollah Israel moved Wednesday to broaden its offensive into Lebanon to try to destroy Hezbollah strongholds, after naming a new commander to oversee the war. Experts analyze why the Israeli government took these steps. Continue watching
Aug 08 U.N. Works to Hammer Out Terms of Mideast Truce By PBS News Hour Arab leaders met with U.N. officials Tuesday to seek an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon as part of a U.S.-French draft resolution outlining terms of a truce between Israel and Hezbollah. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch U.S. Urges Vote on Draft Resolution to End Israeli-Hezbollah Fighting U.S. officials pressed for a vote on a draft U.N. resolution that would set terms for an end to Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities. An expert discusses the agreement, drafted by the United States and France. Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch Fighting in Lebanon and Israel Claims More Lives With war continuing to rage in the Middle East, Independent Television News correspondents in Israel and Lebanon provide updates on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch Political Analysts Discuss Mideast Conflict, an Iraqi Civil War, U.S. Senate Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the diplomatic efforts to end the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, a possible civil war in Iraq, the Connecticut primary and the U.S. Senate. Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch Israel, Hezbollah Claim Victories After Weeks of Fighting After more than three weeks of fighting, both Israel and Hezbollah continue to claim victory for differing reasons. Middle East policy experts discuss how the two sides are evaluating their progress. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Top U.S. Military Commanders Warn of Civil War in Iraq Military officials told a Senate committee Thursday that Iraq could descend into civil war. Sens. John Warner, R-Va., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., review U.S. policy in the Middle East. Continue watching
Aug 03 Watch Israel Resumes Bombing in Lebanon as Fighting Escalates Correspondents in Lebanon and Israel report on the ongoing Israeli-Hezbollah violence, which entered its 23rd day. Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Lebanese-Americans Disagree with U.S. and Israeli Policy Toward Lebanon As fighting continues in the Middle East, Lebanese-Americans and other Arab groups in the United States worry for relatives stuck in the war zone. They also protest Israel's offensive in southern Lebanon -- and the U.S. policy supporting a military… Continue watching