Sep 09 Latest survey finds growing public opposition to airstrikes against Syria Sixty-three percent of Americans are now opposed to using military airstrikes against Syria and the percentage of Americans who are opposed to such an action has surged substantially in just the past week, according to a new survey… Continue reading
Sep 09 The Syrian conflict, comic-book style If there was a comic strip of the recent history of Syria, this would be it. Writer Mike Duncan and artist Jason Novak illustrated the ongoing Syria situation over seven pages in their comic titled "We're About to… Continue reading
Sep 09 FROM THE WIRE Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will urge Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control. (AP/Reuters) H/T Joshua Barajas JS… Continue reading
Sep 09 Secretary of State John Kerry to Participate in Google + Hangout By News Desk On Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. EDT., Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a Google + Hangout on Syria. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof will host the hangout, Syria: Weighing the U.S. Response, along with journalist… Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch How Do Syrian Americans Feel About the Crisis? How Do Syrian Americans Feel About the Crisis?… Continue watching
Sep 08 Assad Tells PBS’ Charlie Rose Syria Prepared to Retaliate if Hit In the event the above video is unavailable, you can view it on Hulu. Updated with full video of the interview Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told Charlie Rose on Sunday that he is preparing for a U.S. strike,… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch White House Framing Syria as Moral Question Susan Davis, Chief Congressional Reporter for USA Today, spoke with Hari Sreenivasan about how many days — or weeks — it might take for President Obama to get a final vote for a military strike on Syria. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch Anti-American Sentiment Felt in the Streets of Cairo Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled to Egypt, a country dealing with its own deteriorating situation. Margaret Warner talks to Hari Sreenivasan from Cairo about Egypt’s opposition to military action in Syria and the strong anti-American sentiment felt in… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch At Home in Zaatari: Life in a Syrian Refugee Camp Kristen Gillespie reports on life in the Zaatari refugee camp, located about 10 miles across the border from Syria in northern Jordan. The camp opened just last year, but as the civil war in Syria has escalated, Zaatari's population has… Continue watching
Sep 06 Watch Shields and Brooks on Syria as ‘Test Case’ for Obama’s Credibility Shields and Brooks on Syria as 'Test Case' for Obama's Credibility… Continue watching