Apr 09 Car bombs in Syria kills 25, wounds 107 By Associated Press According to The Associated Press, the Syria state news agency says 2 car bombs in central city of Homs has killed 25 people and wounded 107. Continue reading
Apr 08 U.S. missile strike wouldn't have altered course of Syrian civil war, Kerry says By Lara Jakes, Associated Press A threatened, but averted, American missile strike to punish Syria's government for a chemical weapons attack last summer would not have been powerful enough to change the course in the Syrian civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday,… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch A look inside the city of Homs, central battlefield of Syria's war By PBS News Hour Syria’s civil war has killed more than 140,000 people. The city of Homs, once seen as the capital of the revolution, is now mostly controlled by government forces. Attack and starvation drove scores of rebels to flee or surrender, while… Continue watching
Apr 01 Death toll in Syria's civil war surpasses 150,000, human rights monitor says By Joshua Barajas More than 150,000 have died during Syria's ongoing civil war, a Britain-based monitor group said Tuesday. Relying on a network of sources on the ground, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 150,344 people, including 51,212 civilians, have died… Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch What's behind the widening division between U.S. and Saudi Arabia? By PBS News Hour Saudi Arabia has warned of a “major shift” away from their long-time reliance on the U.S. amid strained relations over concerns like the war in Syria, nuclear negotiations with Iran and turmoil in Egypt. Jeffrey Brown talks to Toby Jones… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch In visit to Saudi Arabia, Obama seeks to heal U.S. rift with key partner By PBS News Hour It's a tense time for U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia. President Obama visited the desert nation and met with King Abdullah in hopes of reassuring Saudi concerns about the Syrian war, among other things. Jeffrey Brown looks back at recent… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch News Wrap: Relatives of missing Flight 370 passengers threaten hunger strike for answers By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 13 Aid groups pin hopes on U.N. resolution allowing access in Syria By Larisa Epatko Of the dozens of Syrian refugees that human rights advocate Sahr Muhammedally met last spring, one woman stood out. Continue reading
Mar 12 Trendlines: What does the Ukraine crisis mean for the Middle East? By Larisa Epatko Rapid developments in Ukraine have focused international attention on the region and, some fear, away from pressing matters in the Middle East. We explored the potential fallout of the Ukraine crisis in the web special Trendlines. Continue reading