Oct 10 Watch 3:27 Russia boosts air strike campaign against Assad foes in Syria By PBS News Hour In Syria, Russian forces stepped up attacks on opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, bombing more than 50 targets over the past day. Sam Dagher, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Beirut, to… Continue watching
Sep 26 Number of migrants entering Europe will continue to grow, UN says By Rialda Zukic With nearly 8,000 migrants entering European borders daily, the United Nations said this week it predicted no end in the flow of refugees moving into the continent. Continue reading
Sep 11 Quiz: 5 things to know about Europe’s migrant crisis By Larisa Epatko Europe is grappling with tens of thousands of migrants and refugees crossing its borders. Take our 5-minute quiz to learn more about the migrant surge. Continue reading
Sep 02 Senate Democrats secure final vote to clinch Obama’s Iran deal By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory Wednesday as Senate Democrats amassed enough votes to ensure the Iran nuclear deal survives in Congress, despite ferocious opposition from Republicans and the government of Israel. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 5:40 What’s driving the global glut of oil By PBS News Hour A year ago, crude oil was trading at more than $100 a barrel. Now, the price of oil is down more than 60 percent from its peak. Gwen Ifill speaks to The Wall Street Journal’s Russell Gold to understand the… Continue watching
Aug 25 Photos: ‘You Stink’ campaign decries more than garbage buildup in Beirut By Larisa Epatko Lebanese protesters clashed with police over the weekend, fed up with the government’s inability to collect trash over the past few weeks. But the protests turned to mocking when security forces erected a concrete wall around government buildings in Beirut. Continue reading
Aug 21 Satellite spots an unexpected result of Middle East conflict By Nsikan Akpan Satellite measurements suggest that economic and civil unrest cut air pollution in the Middle East. Continue reading
Aug 16 Trump’s foreign policy plan includes boots on the ground against ISIS By Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is outlining a foreign policy in which the United States would put ground troops in the fight against Islamic State militants and demand money from Middle East countries supported by the U.S. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 2:08 Kerry visits Persian Gulf to sell allies on Iran deal By PBS News Hour After campaigning on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to the Middle East to promote the Iran nuclear agreement. In Qatar, he suggested that a nuclear deal might change Iran's aggressive actions in neighboring states. But Kerry did… Continue watching
Jul 12 Malala Yousafzai celebrates birthday opening school for Syrian refugees By Kenzi Abou-Sabe The school will serve around 200 Syrian girls living in refugee camps in the Bekaa Valley region along the Lebanese border. Continue reading