Oct 19 Watch Calls grow for Syrian conflict talks in Geneva Andrew Tabler of the Program for Arab Politics at the Washington Institute on Syria. Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch News Wrap: Saudi Arabia rebukes UN Security Council over Syrian conflict News Wrap: Saudi Arabia rebukes UN Security Council over Syrian conflict… Continue watching
Oct 18 Saudi Arabia rejects UN Security Council seat over Syria Photo by UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Denouncing "double standards," Saudi Arabia declined a rotating seat on the U.N. Security Council in protest over how the world body is handling Syria. A statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministry said… Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Will Peace Prize attention pressure Syria to fulfill its chemical arms obligatio Will Peace Prize attention pressure Syria to fulfill its chemical arms obligations?… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch Nobel Peace Prize honors group working to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons The 2013 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its work to enforce the Chemical Weapons Convention. The group has gained attention recently for its assignment to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. Continue watching
Oct 08 Children of Zaatari By Extra DA This collection of photos from the World Food Programme (WFP) shows life inside Zaatari, the largest Syrian refugee camp. The camp, which houses over 100,000 Syrians in Jordan, has challenged organizations like WFP to provide enough resources. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch Does increasing division of rebel groups benefit the Assad regime? Does increasing division of rebel groups benefit the Assad regime?… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Fissures grow among rebel ranks as hard-line Islamists expand Syrian war role Fighting continued between the Western-backed Free Syrian Army and Assad's government forces, but in the north, there was also rebel-on-rebel conflict. Ray Suarez reports on how hard-line Islamists have expanded their role in the civil war. Continue watching
Oct 01 Chemical weapons experts arrive in Damascus to begin inspecting Syria’s stockpiles Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images. Experts from the world's chemical weapons watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), are expected to begin inspecting Syria's stockpile of toxic munitions -- what Western intelligence agencies believe is… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch News Wrap: UN inspectors arrive in Syria to begin hunt for chemical weapons In our news wrap Tuesday, a group of international weapons inspectors, tasked by the UN Security Council, arrived in Syria to begin the search for -- and elimination of -- the Assad regime's chemical arsenal. Also, another surge of killings… Continue watching