Oct 08 Watch Candidates Trade Attacks on Foreign Policy, Handling of Libya Attacks Candidates Trade Attacks on Foreign Policy, Handling of Libya Attacks… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Facing Uncertainty, Middle Eastern Christians Are Increasingly Emigrating Facing Uncertainty, Middle Eastern Christians Are Increasingly Emigrating… Continue watching
Sep 14 Why Did an Obscure Movie Raise Such Ire in the Muslim World? By Larisa Epatko The violent reaction to a low-budget American-made film mocking Muslims raised a lot of questions this week. What was going through the protesters' minds? Are embassies secure? How could it have happened at all?… Continue reading
Sep 14 Protesters Attack U.S. Embassies Across Africa and Middle East as Anger Boils Over By Frank Carlson Smoke rises from the US embassy building in Tunis during a protest against a film mocking Islam on September 14, 2012. Photo by Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images. Thick black smoke billowed from the U.S. Embassy in Tunisia's capital of Tunis… Continue reading
Sep 13 What Makes Embassies Secure? By Larisa Epatko For a third day, demonstrators enraged by an anti-Islamic film tried to break into U.S. embassies -- this time in Yemen and Egypt -- but the results weren't nearly as catastrophic as what unfolded at the consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Continue reading
Aug 15 Using Satellite Imagery to Document Destruction in Syria By Larisa Epatko Add Syria to the list of places where human rights organizations are using commercially available satellite imagery to document destruction during conflict. Continue reading
Aug 03 Syrian Conflict Takes a Toll on Refugees — and the Military By Larisa Epatko While fighting rages between government and rebel forces in Syria, and the international community debates what to do about the conflict, Syrian refugees are just trying to survive and make their lives as normal as possible away from home. Continue reading
Jul 26 In Syria, Rebels Celebrate Successes, But Sectarian Violence Grows By Larisa Epatko Kelly McEvers, NPR's foreign correspondent in Beirut, Lebanon, spent a week in rebel-held areas along the Turkish-Syrian border. She filed a week's worth of reports for NPR, and on Thursday she's coming to the NewsHour to talk about what she… Continue reading
Jul 18 Cracks in Syria’s Regime? By Larisa Epatko Syrian rebels made headway this week, pushing into the capital Damascus and killing at least three top government officials. The infiltration, coupled with continued defections of members of the Syrian military, show the regime might be starting to crumble, some… Continue reading
Jun 06 On Location in Syria: Why U.N. Ceasefire Isn’t Working By Larisa Epatko In Syria, a rebel uprising against President Bashar al-Assad and the regime's crackdown continue to spill blood on both sides despite international envoy Kofi Annan's U.N.-backed proposed ceasefire. Continue reading