Dec 10 What’s at stake in Turkey’s military escalation in Syria? By Bassem Mroue, Suzan Fraser, Associated Press After weeks of deadly Turkish airstrikes in northern Syria, Kurdish forces and international players are trying to gauge whether Ankara’s threats of a ground invasion are serious. Here’s a look at what various foreign powers and groups embroiled in the… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 5:52 Turkey attacks Syrian Kurds, the U.S. partner in fight against ISIS By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The U.S. military says the leader of ISIS was killed last month by anti-regime forces in Syria’s southwest. It is Syria’s northern border with NATO member Turkey that has the U.S. concerned about new violence. The Turkish military has been… Continue watching
Dec 01 WATCH: Pentagon cautions Turkey on strikes in Syria By Associated Press The Pentagon said U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Turkish counterpart and expressed strong opposition to Turkish military action in Syria following last month's bomb attack in Istanbul. Continue reading
Nov 23 Erdogan vows ground invasion of Syria, Kurds prepare response By Hogir Al Abdo, Abby Sewell, Associated Press Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Wednesday to order a land invasion of northern Syria targeting Kurdish groups, amid yearslong border violence and repeated Turkish incursions. Continue reading
Oct 18 French cement firm pleads guilty to sending payments to the Islamic State By Eric Tucker, Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press French cement company Lafarge has pleaded guilty to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group so a plant in Syria could remain open, a case the Justice Department describes as the first of its kind. Lafarge has agreed… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 5:00 News Wrap: Supreme Court refuses Trump request in Mar-a-Lago documents case In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused former President Trump's request for an independent arbiter to examine classified White House documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate, the U.S. Labor Department turned in another tough report on inflation… Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch 3:51 News Wrap: Fears of recession trigger stock market sell-off In our news wrap Friday, a sell-off swept Wall Street and the world as rising interest rates intensify fears of a recession, counter-protesters marched in support of Iran's Islamic regime following growing unrest over a young woman's death in the… Continue watching
Sep 23 77 migrants from Lebanon dead after boat sinks, Syrian official says By Fay Abuelgasim, Bilal Hussein, Associated Press Syria's health minister says at least 77 people died when a boat with migrants from Lebanon sank off Syria's coast this week. The minster was quoted by state TV on Friday as saying that he fears the death toll from… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 6:06 12-foot puppet walks streets of New York to raise awareness of global refugee crisis By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet, Anne Azzi Davenport To bring awareness to the global crisis of migration and refugees, a theater project is using a different kind of stage. They built a giant puppet of a young Syrian girl to stand in for millions and silently speak on… Continue watching
Aug 25 U.S. says airstrikes killed 4 Iranian-backed militia members in Syria By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Central Command's Gen. Erik Kurilla says the U.S. "will respond appropriately" to attacks on its servicemembers. Iran has repeatedly denied arming militia groups that target U.S. forces in the region, despite weaponry linking back to them. Continue reading