Oct 29 Watch Will polio outbreak inspire international community to do more about Syria? Will polio outbreak inspire international community to do more about Syria?… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch News Wrap: President Obama urges Congress to take action on immigration reform News Wrap: President Obama urges Congress to take action on immigration reform… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Changing relations with Mideast allies may affect U.S. position in the region Changing relations with Mideast allies may affect U.S. position in the region… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch Saudi perception of U.S. inaction in Syria strains historically close relations America's approach to the Syrian war is one of the factors contributing to a rift in U.S.-Saudi relations, a divide that became public recently when Saudi Arabia declined membership on the UN Security Council. Jeffrey Brown reports on why Saudi… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: Syrian opposition forces demand Assad be excluded from new government In our news wrap Tuesday, efforts to begin Syrian peace talks were obstructed by conditions laid down by the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, including that President Bashar al-Assad must be excluded from any new government. Also, the Southeast Asian nation… Continue watching
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