Nov 30 Rice Urges Expansion of Fragile Israeli-Palestinian Cease-fire By Admin, PBS News Hour U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in the Middle East on a mission to revive peace talks, urged Israelis and Palestinians to extend a tentative cease-fire implemented this week. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch Iran Pledges Security Assistance to Longtime Rival Iraq Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged to provide Iraq with whatever security is necessary to prevent its struggling neighbor from descending into civil war. Ahmadinejad made the offer during a visit Monday from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Engaging Iraq’s Neighbors in Dialogue Could Ease Violence, Expert Argues In the conclusion of a series on U.S. strategy in Iraq, James Dobbins, director of International Security and Defense Policy Center at the Rand Corporation, discusses how engaging Iraq's neighbors in dialogue could stabilize the war-torn country. Continue watching
Oct 03 Internal Palestinian Fighting Threatens to Derail Government By Admin, PBS News Hour A new wave of internal fighting among Palestinian factions over the last two days has left at least a dozen people dead and threatened to unravel the Palestinian Authority. Continue reading
Sep 11 Hamas, Fatah Agree to Unity Government By Admin, PBS News Hour Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas, agreed Monday to form a coalition government. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Americans Still Feel Impact of 9/11 on Life, Politics On the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, memories of the destruction and victims remain fresh in people's minds. Eight Americans talk to Jim Lehrer about how the day's events have impacted their lives. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch President Declares Failed Mideast States Threat to U.S. President Bush said Monday that failed states in the Middle East are a direct threat to U.S. security and that the United States will remain engaged in the region to defend democracy. Experts discuss the region's instability and its effects… Continue watching
Aug 21 Nations Struggle with Details of Lebanon Peacekeeping Mission By PBS News Hour The United States plans to present another U.N. resolution on disarming Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in an effort to flesh out a peacekeeping plan for the region and break an impasse in the international body. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch Media Responds to Accusations of Bias in Middle East Coverage Three days into a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, many readers and viewers continue to debate the perceived bias in the coverage of the Middle East conflict. Media experts analyze the reasons behind the perceptions of bias in the war's… Continue watching
Aug 15 Lebanese Refugees Return Home as Tense Cease-fire Holds By PBS News Hour Israel began pulling its troops out of southern Lebanon Tuesday and made plans to hand over territory to U.N. peacekeeping forces and the Lebanese army on the second day of a delicate cease-fire tested by skirmishes and rocket fire. Continue reading