Apr 21 Watch In Libya, What More Can U.S., NATO Do to Turn Stalemate Into Victory? A day after three countries unveiled plans to send military advisers to aid Libyan rebels, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S. will deploy armed drones into the conflict. Jim Lehrer discusses the coalition's options with the International Council for… Continue watching
Apr 21 Journalist in Libya Makes First Contact Since Capture By Larisa Epatko Clare Morgana Gillis, a freelance journalist held in Libya along with GlobalPost contributor James Foley and another Western reporter, called her parents Thursday from a detention facility in Tripoli. It was the first contact any of them made with the… Continue reading
Apr 20 Watch How Are Libyans Coping With Food, Medicine Shortages? Food, Medicine Shortages Among Woes in Libya… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch Can U.S., NATO Avoid a Humanitarian Crisis in Libya? Libya Stalemate Leaves Many Civilians in Need of Aid… Continue watching
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 Watch U.S. Faces Difficult Balancing Act Amid Uprisings in Arab World Why Does U.S. Having Varying Responses to Mid-East Unrest?… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Shields, Brooks on ‘Flexible’ U.S. Policy in Middle East, Deficit Plans Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the week's political news. Continue watching
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