Jul 31 Inside Syria: Aleppo’s Christians Arm Against Islamists By News Desk As foreign and local radicals rise amid the chaos of Syria's civil war, Christians are taking arms from the Assad regime. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch As Crisis Deepens, Thousands Flee Syria to Escape Violence After the bloodiest day of fighting since the Syrian uprising began 16 months ago, Syrian rebels have taken control of several key border checkpoints. As the crisis deepens, thousands of civilians have crossed those borders, fleeing to neighboring Lebanon and… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Who are Syria’s Rebel Forces? Tracy Shelton of GlobalPost reports from behind the front line in Syria, where she has been embedded with Syria's opposition fighters. Then Ray Suarez speaks with Randa Slim of the New America Foundation on the strength and strategies of the… Continue watching
Jun 07 Inside Syria: Who Arms the Rebels? By News Desk In any revolution, getting weapons is a key challenge. Syria's rebels have found an interesting solution. Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch In Syria, ‘Much Skepticism’ as Assad’s Guns Fall Mostly Silent In Syria, 'Much Skepticism' as Assad's Guns Fall Mostly Silent… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Syria’s Cross-Border Violence May Be No Accident As Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria falls apart, the Syrian army fired into a Turkish refugee camp Monday, escalating conflict and wounding at least five people. Also, in Lebanon, a cameraman was reportedly shot and killed by Syrian soldiers. Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch Syria Analyst: ‘We’re in for a Long, Protracted Struggle’ Met with heavy skepticism by U.S. officials, Syria's government signaled Monday plans to stop fighting by next week, according to Arab League envoy Kofi Annan. Judy Woodruff, the University of Oklahoma's Joshua Landis and Al Arabiya News Network's Hisham Melhem… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch For Arab League, Syria Remains a ‘Pretty Sectarian Issue’ President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that Syria "will spare no effort" to make the peace plan proposed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan "a success," but said rebels must first cease their "terrorist acts." Margaret Warner and NPR's Kelly… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch News Wrap: Iraq Attacks Kill at Least 46 In other news Tuesday, insurgents in Iraq killed at least 46 people in a wave of attacks across the country aimed at Shiite pilgrims and police. Also, Syrian rebel forces abandoned the city of Deir Al-Zour in the face of… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch George Clooney on Sudan: ‘It Gets in Your Bloodstream’ George Clooney on Sudan: 'It Gets in Your Bloodstream'… Continue watching