Oct 27 U.S. airstrikes target Iran-linked sites in Syria after U.S. troops attacked By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. fighter jets launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Pentagon said, in retaliation for a slew of drone and missile attacks against U.S. bases and personnel in the region… Continue reading
Oct 12 Intense shelling has displaced 70,000 people in northwest Syria, UN agencies says By Omar Albam, Associated Press United Nations humanitarian officials have sounded an alarm over a humanitarian crisis in rebel-held northwestern Syria. They warned on Thursday that intense shelling by government forces displaced almost 70,000 people in recent weeks. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: Biden administration clears way for new border wall construction in Texas In our news wrap Thursday, the Biden administration cleared the way to allow 20 miles of border wall construction in Texas, the U.S. will resume deporting people to Venezuela if they enter the country illegally and a panel of federal… Continue watching
Oct 05 WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing after U.S. shoots down armed Turkish drone in Syria By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Pentagon said Thursday the U.S. military shot down an armed Turkish drone that came within 500 meters of American troops in northeastern Syria, in a rare use of force by one NATO member against another. Continue reading
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