Jun 05 Watch In Tripoli, Deadly Sectarian Violence Fanned by Syrian Conflict In Tripoli, Deadly Sectarian Violence Fanned by Syrian Conflict… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch Assad Regime Claims Victory in Battle for Key Syrian Town of Qusayr Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces made a major strategic victory in the ongoing civil war, as they recaptured rebel-held Qusayr. The key Syrian town dominates an important supply route and is key to controlling a central area of the country. Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch Hezbollah’s Role in the Bloody Syrian War Comes at a Price Hezbollah troops, among the best trained and equipped in the Middle East, have been helping the Assad regime in the fight. Margaret Warner reports from Lebanon on the various sectarian and regional conflicts motivating Hezbollah's participation in its neighbor's conflict… Continue watching
May 31 Watch Leader of Free Syrian Army on Civil War’s Game Changer and Spillover Effects Leader of the Free Syrian Army on the War's Game Changer and Spillover Effects… Continue watching
May 28 Dispatch from Jordan: Syrian Refugees Weary of War, Conferences and Life By Justin Kenny A young refugee from the Daraa region of Syria, sick with fever, lies down in his family's tent at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The camp is home to more than 120,000 Syrian refugees. Frame grab from video shot… Continue reading
May 27 Watch Rocket Attacks in Lebanon Raise Concern of Expanding Regional Conflict Rocket Attacks in Lebanon Raise Concern of Expanding Regional Conflict… Continue watching
May 20 Watch Assad Forces Try to Retake Border Town With Help From Hezbollah In Syria, Assad government troops pushed to retake a strategic town close to the Lebanese border. Hezbollah fighters joined the Syrian regime army in laying siege to Qusayr, home to 40,000 civilians. Judy Woodruff reports on the growing involvement of… Continue watching
May 17 A Look Back at the Senate Watergate Hearings EmbedVideo(6481, 482, 304); The Watergate hearings began on May 17, 1973. Public Television aired all 250 hours of testimony that summer. Here are some of the highlights. Video edited by Justin Scuiletti The Watergate scandal began with a… Continue reading
May 16 Watch 16:07 Covering Watergate: 40 Years Later With MacNeil And Lehrer By PBS News Hour On May 17, 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer launched public broadcasting's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings. Forty years later, the two recount their memories after some of the more gripping moments and how their partnership changed not… Continue watching
May 16 15 Figures Who Made Watergate an American Epic On May 17, 1973, Sen. Sam Ervin, D-N.C., gavelled in the first public hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, better known as the Senate Watergate Committee. The impending result was almost unfathomable. The months that… Continue reading