Oct 05 Syrian official says 80 dead, 240 wounded in drone strike at military graduation By Kareem Chehayeb, Albert Aji, Associated Press Syria's health minister says a drone attack that hit a packed military graduation ceremony in the central city of Homs has wounded 240 and killed 80, including six children. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 8:38 Northwest Syria faces slow recovery 6 months after devastating earthquake By Leila Molana-Allen, Abdel Razaq el-Shami and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow In February, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked northwest Syria, killing more than 7,000, injuring thousands more and destroying livelihoods. Cut off from the rest of the world by the Assad regime, survivors have struggled to rebuild. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen traveled… Continue watching
Aug 21 Inflation, economic woes spark protests in southern Syria By Kareem Chehayeb, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The protests come a week after Syrian President Bashar Assad issued two decrees doubling public sector wages and pensions, sparking inflation and compounding economic woes for others. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 3:36 News Wrap: Judge says Trump’s right to free speech is ‘not absolute’ in election case In our news wrap Friday, a federal judge overseeing the election conspiracy case against former President Trump warned his right to free speech is not absolute, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is in jail after a judge revoked his bail, Islamic… Continue watching
Aug 11 At least 20 Syrian soldiers killed in ambush By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The Thursday night attack was believed to be carried out by members of the Islamic State group whose sleeper cells in parts of Syria still carry deadly attacks despite their defeat in 2019. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 5:31 Displaced Syrians in peril after Russian veto at UN halts aid to rebel-held areas By John Yang, Zeba Warsi, Abdel Razaq el-Shami and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow This month, a Russian veto at the U.N. Security Council suspended humanitarian aid delivery to rebel-held northwest Syria. The Syrian regime declared all aid deliveries to rebel-held territories must now be coordinated through Damascus and not the U.N. As John… Continue watching
Jul 11 UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey after Security Council fails to renew approval By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Russia vetoed a compromise resolution that would have extended the operation through the Bab al-Hawa crossing for nine months, and which was supported by 13 of the 15 council members. Continue reading
Jul 09 U.S. drone strike kills ISIS group leader in northwest Syria, defense official says By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A U.S. drone strike killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria hours after the same MQ-9 Reaper drones were harassed by Russian military jets over the western part of the country, according to the Defense Department. Continue reading
Jun 30 United Nations to help search for tens of thousands of missing people in Syria By Kareem Chehayeb, Ghaith Alsayed, Associated Press The families of some of the tens of thousands of people missing in Syria are drawing some hope from a new U.N. push to find their loved ones. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 7:27 Syria and Assad regime welcomed back into Arab League after years of civil war By Stephanie Sy, Zeba Warsi Twelve years ago, the people of Syria rose up against the regime of Bashar al-Assad as the Arab Spring uprisings swept the Middle East. Assad proceeded to kill, bomb, starve, poison and brutalize his people, and does still. He became… Continue watching