Nov 26 Obama makes holiday appeal for acceptance of Syrian refugees By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama appealed anew on Thanksgiving Day for acceptance of Syrian refugees, saying "so much of our greatness comes from our generosity."… Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: Rescued Russian pilot denies violating Turkish airspace By PBS News Hour Russia has rescued one of the fighter pilots who was in a plane shot down by Turkey yesterday. Turkey claims the plane was in its airspace, but the pilot denies this. Also, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a… Continue watching
Nov 25 Surviving Russian pilot claims he was not in Turkish airspace By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins The Russian pilot who survived the downing of his aircraft yesterday has said Turkey gave no warning they were about to shoot the plane down. He added that the jet could not have violated Turkish airspace, even though Turkey claims… Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 9:02 How the Turkey-Russia conflict complicates anti-Islamic State efforts By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch 9:56 News Wrap: Russia, Turkey swap harsh rhetoric over shot-down plane By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a Russian warplane was shot down by Turkey, which claims the jet entered its airspace and ignored calls to leave. But Russia insists the jet was in Syrian airspace. Also, French prosecutors announced that the… Continue watching
Nov 24 Video: Turkey shoots down Russian airplane By News Desk Turkey shot down a Russian war plane Tuesday, saying it violated Turkish airspace. But Moscow officials said the jet fighter was flying over Syria at the time. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 8:02 What should we be doing to defeat the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Militarily and diplomatically, what can the U.S. and others do to stop the Islamic State? Gwen Ifill gets views from James Jeffrey of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago. Continue watching
Nov 23 U.S. steps up attacks on Islamic State oil trucks in Syria By Robert Burns, Associated Press The U.S. military said Monday it destroyed 283 tanker trucks used by the militants to transport oil from producing fields in eastern Syria to smuggling points. Continue reading
Nov 22 Despite calls for ouster, Assad's presidency likely to outlast Obama's By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press As the United States has turned its attention to defeating the Islamic State group, it has softened its stance on the Syrian leader… Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch Syrian refugees settle en masse in Lebanon, overwhelming government By PBS News Hour Refugees from Syria’s civil war comprise half of the estimated 900,000 to a million migrants and refugees who have entered Europe this year. Nearly four million Syrian refugees have settled in countries neighboring Syria, including Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. In… Continue watching