Apr 26 British Defense Minister: Libyan Leader Gadhafi Should Go By Larisa Epatko British Secretary of State for Defense Liam Fox said in an interview with the PBS NewsHour Tuesday that opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had gained ground in recent days with the help of U.S. drones and NATO airstrikes, and… Continue reading
Apr 18 Watch Gadhafi’s Forces, Rebels Battle for Control of Misrata Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi continued attacks on Misrata as Gadhafi's government reached a deal with the United Nations to provide humanitarian aid to the western part of the country. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports on the latest… Continue watching
Apr 18 Escalating Misrata Siege Prompts Evacuations, Calls for Humanitarian Aid By Talea Miller Doctors work on a baby who suffered cuts from shrapnel Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) As attacks by Moammar Gadhafi's forces intensify on the rebel-held city of Misrata, the city's port has become a lifeline for supplies coming in and… Continue reading
Apr 18 World Week Ahead: Libya’s Stalemate; Syrians’ Demand for Change By Larisa Epatko Syria's anti-government protests, still surging after a month, and a breakthrough in delivering humanitarian assistance in Libya, despite the military stalemate, are among the international developments we're keeping an eye on this week. Continue reading
Apr 15 NATO Leaders Call for Gadhafi’s Departure, Thousands Protest in Syria By News Desk President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote a joint op-ed published in the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times saying their three nations "have been united from the start" and said… Continue reading
Mar 17 Photographer Reflects on ‘Epic’ Libya Battles, Revolution in the Arab World By Mike Fritz // Photographer John Moore is no stranger to combat. As a member of an Associated Press team in 2005, he shared a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for coverage of the war in Iraq and he's done extended… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch Libya’s Turmoil Rages: Should World Powers Intervene? As the U.S. and international community assess what their military and policy options are with Libya, Judy Woodruff discusses the possibilities with Omar Turbi, a Libyan-American human rights activist, and retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, who commanded no-fly zones over… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch In Libya, ‘People Are Willing to Die’ for Freedom From Gadhafi Reports of violence continue to trickle out from Libya, where foreign journalists are largely barred from working. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with several people inside Libya via phone, then to software engineer Mohamed Eljahmi and nuclear scientist Naeem Gheriany, both Libyan-Americans… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Libya’s Instability, Worries Over Regional Contagion Rattle Oil Markets Libya exports more than 1.5 million barrels of oil a day to the world, but violence has pushed oil prices to the highest level in more than two years. Judy Woodruff talks to Raad Alkadiri of PFC Energy, a global… Continue watching
Feb 24 Watch Libya’s Bloody Struggle Tests Loyalty of Gadhafi’s Forces Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clashed with protesters in several key cities across Libya as other nations continued evacuating their citizens. Jim Lehrer speaks with Dartmouth College's Dirk Vandewalle and Andrew McGregor of the Jamestown Foundation about the relative military… Continue watching