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
Nov 21 Pentagon pressing allies for more help against Islamic State By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon is pressing European and Arab allies to provide more troops and support for the war against the Islamic State group, hoping that the horror of the Paris attacks - and the fear more are coming - will compel… Continue reading
Nov 21 'They're just like our kids': Obama tries to put human face on refugee crisis By Josh Lederman, Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Brushing off refugee worries at home, President Barack Obama crouched alongside migrant children on Saturday and declared they are the opposite of terrorists wreaking havoc from Paris to Mali. Continue reading