Mar 01 In Syria, Aid Groups Look for Breaks in Fighting to Deliver Supplies By Larisa Epatko As the International Committee of the Red Cross' appeal for a daily two-hour ceasefire in the most volatile parts of Syria goes unanswered, the local volunteers and staff of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent continue to try to bring much-needed… Continue reading
Feb 24 Author and Activist Elie Wiesel: Syria Is ‘a Bloody Center of History’ By Pierre de Saint Phalle Tunisia's Foreign Minister Rafik Abdessalem prepares to address the Friends of Syria Conference in Tunis, Tunisia, on Friday. Photo by Jason Reed/AFP/Getty Images. As Western and Arab leaders met in Tunisia on Friday to discuss how to handle the Syrian… Continue reading
Feb 24 Watch In Tunisia, ‘Friends of Syria’ Call for Ceasefire, Assad to Step Down Officials from more than 60 nations met Friday, calling on Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down and for the government to stop killing its people. That would allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered and evacuations to begin in Homs,… Continue watching
Feb 10 Siege of Homs Grinds On: ‘There Is a Sniper at the End of Our Street’ By P. J. Tobia Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army continues to blast away at the city of Homs and on Thursday we spoke with someone living in the middle of the conflict. Lubna, a 27-year-old woman who wished to be identified only by… Continue reading
Feb 08 Inside Homs, ‘The Blood Is on the Floor’ By P. J. Tobia Reports from the besieged Syrian city of Homs paint a dire picture. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that dozens have died there in the last 24 hours, 14 of them children. The assault by Syrian government forces came… Continue reading
Feb 07 Watch After Russia’s Veto at U.N., Foreign Minister Gets Hero’s Welcome in Syria Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov visited Tuesday with top Syrian leaders in Damascus as the Assad regime's crackdown on opposition intensified. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch U.S. Closes Embassy in Syria as Assad Regime Feels ‘Noose Tightening’ As a new surge of killings erupted Monday in Homs, Syria, the United States shuttered its embassy in Damascus, citing security problems. British Foreign Secretary William Hague also dialed back relations with what he called a "doomed" and "murdering" regime. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch News of Escalated Violence in Syria Troubles Arab League Monitors Violence in Syria continued Friday as activists reported at least 70 dead from fighting by government forces in Homs, Hama and Idlib -- news that has frustrated both the Arab League monitors and the United Nations Security Council. Lindsey Hilsum… Continue watching
Jan 03 Are Syrian Spies Operating on U.S. Soil? UPDATE Jan. 12. We post a special report with a series of audio, text and video responses from Syrian Americans who responded to our Public Insight Network query. UPDATE Jan. 9: Newshour Correspondent Hari Sreenivasan hosted a live… Continue reading
Jan 02 PBS NewsHour Seeks Syrian-American Voices By P. J. Tobia Are you a Syrian living in the United States? Have you been harassed or intimidated by agents of the Assad regime or the Mukhabarat? Has your family in Syria been punished for your political beliefs or actions here? For the… Continue reading