Jun 06 Watch 9:10 Difficult battle for ISIS capital Raqqa begins By PBS News Hour U.S.-backed Syrian groups have begun the battle to retake the city of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate. The U.S. military says the battle will be "long and difficult," and perhaps made more complicated by the crisis… Continue watching
Jun 06 Siding against ally Qatar, President Trump injects U.S. into Arab crisis By Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Donald Trump injected the U.S. into a volatile crisis among America's Mideast allies, siding with Saudi Arabia and other countries against Qatar in a dispute that threatens to disrupt efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and counter Iran. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 6:39 What's behind the dramatic diplomatic rift with Qatar? By PBS News Hour Political shock waves roiled the Persian Gulf, as Saudi Arabia and other Arab states cut all ties with Qatar, accusing the tiny oil state of supporting terror groups and embracing Iran. How did simmering tensions burst into full-on crisis for… Continue watching
Jun 05 Analysis: Qatar-Gulf split means splitting headache for the U.S. By Margaret Warner Saudi Arabia is the closest U.S. ally in the region, but Qatar hosts (and pays for) a major U.S. military base vital to the air campaign against ISIS. Continue reading
Oct 20 Clockmaker Ahmed Mohamed accepts full scholarship at Qatar innovation school By Joshua Barajas More than a month since Ahmed Mohamed was arrested for a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb, his family said Tuesday that the 14-year-old will soon leave for Qatar to resume his studies. 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
Jun 17 Watch 5:02 Migrant laborers worked to death as Qatar builds for World Cup By PBS News Hour Qatar is set to be the site of the 2022 Men’s World Cup, and it is rapidly building the infrastructure needed to host the event. But for many of the migrant workers, this has proved to be a fatal endeavor,… Continue watching
May 14 Obama convenes Camp David summit with Gulf state leaders By Julie Pace, Associated Press CAMP DAVID, Md. — President Barack Obama sought to reassure anxious Persian Gulf nations on Thursday that the United States is committed to their security, insisting a nuclear deal with Iran would not leave them more vulnerable. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 4:58 What's next for two Al Jazeera journalists still imprisoned in Egypt? By PBS News Hour After the release of Peter Greste, Jeffrey Brown talks to Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times in Cairo about the intense international pressure put on Egypt to release the jailed Al Jazeera journalists, and the decision to impose a mass… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch How three 'ordinary journalists' were caught between Egypt and Qatar By PBS News Hour After a year in jail, three Al Jazeera journalists accused of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood could be released after Egypt’s highest court accepted requests for an appeal and granted all three a retrial. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Borzou Daragahi of… Continue watching