Jan 27 Watch News of Escalated Violence in Syria Troubles Arab League Monitors Violence in Syria continued Friday as activists reported at least 70 dead from fighting by government forces in Homs, Hama and Idlib -- news that has frustrated both the Arab League monitors and the United Nations Security Council. Lindsey Hilsum… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch News Wrap: Somali Captors Threaten to Kill American Hostage if U.S. Interferes In other news Thursday, captors in Somalia threatened to kill an American hostage if the United States attempts to free him. The warning followed a Navy SEAL raid that rescued another American and a Dane. Also, government forces in Syria… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch News Wrap: At Least 7 Killed by Syrian Government Forces in Overnight Assault In other news Wednesday, Syrian government forces launched a new assault overnight in Hama, according to the opposition. At least seven people were killed there and elsewhere. Also, Indiana's GOP-led House moved closer to adopting a "right-to-work" law, banning unions… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Syria's Assad: How Powerful, Dangerous Is He Now? Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed the Arab League's plans to end his country's 10-month old crisis Monday. Ray Suarez discusses the organization's presence in the embattled country with Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Andrew Tabler… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Jordan's King Abdullah: Coming Weeks Critical for Syria, Assad, Arab League King Abdullah II of Jordan, the first Arab leader to urge President Assad to step down, sat down with Margaret Warner Thursday to discuss his expectation of more killings in Syria, the Arab League's role in quelling unrest there as… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch Jordan's King: 'Loss of Life' in Syria Will Continue King Abdullah II of Jordan assesses situation in Syria. Continue watching
Jan 12 Are Syrian Spies on U.S. Soil? By P. J. Tobia After our story, "Syrian Spies Operating in the U.S." was broadcast on Jan. 3, we received several responses to our Public Insight Network request for the personal stories of Syrian- Americans who felt that they had been spied on by… Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch Writer Claims Syrian Government Took Down Her Facebook Page Syrian-American writer Marah Bukai says the Syrian government took down her Facebook page. Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Writer Claims Syrian Government Has Tried to Intimidate Her Syrian-American writer Marah Bukai says the Syrian government has tried to intimidate her. Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch Why Assad Won't Back Down In a defiant public speech Tuesday, Syrian President Assad repeated promises of reform and plans to crush dissent against his regime. Margaret Warner discusses what's next for Syria with former U.S. Ambassador Theodore Kattouf and Andrew Tabler, a Washington Institute… Continue watching