Jun 18 Israel Reaches Out to Lebanon Amid Regional Peace Efforts By Admin, PBS News Hour Following news of a truce with Hamas, peace talks with Syria and prisoner-swap negotiations with Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Israeli government announced Wednesday that it is interested in opening negotiations with Lebanon. Continue reading
Jun 02 Nuclear Inspectors Head to Syria to Look at Site Bombed by Israel By PBS News Hour International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei announced Monday that an inspection team was heading to Syria June 22 to clear up the lingering mystery about a Syrian military site bombed in an Israeli raid in September. Continue reading
May 21 Rival Lebanese Leaders Sign Political Pact By Admin, PBS News Hour Feuding Lebanese leaders signed a breakthrough deal Wednesday to end 18 months of political conflict, abating fears of a fresh civil war and opening the door for the election of a new president. Continue reading
May 15 Deal Reached to End Fighting in Lebanon Standoff By PBS News Hour Arab mediators brokered a deal on Thursday to end days of fighting between the government and Hezbollah after the government's ruling coalition backed down on two measures that infuriated the opposition. Continue reading
May 09 Hezbollah Gunmen Seize Control of Beirut Neighborhoods By PBS News Hour In some of the worst sectarian clashes in years, Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized control of nearly all of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday and fresh tensions emerged between the group and the U.S.-backed Lebanese government. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch Analysts Mull N. Korea's Link to Syrian Nuclear Site Following the CIA's release of information on Thursday linking Syria's supposed nuclear reactor site to North Korean technology, analysts review the evidence and discuss the future of relations between the U.S. and North Korea. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch CIA Presents New Evidence of Syria-N. Korea Nuclear Link CIA officials briefed House and Senate members Thursday on classified evidence, including a video, linking North Korea to a Syrian nuclear facility that Israel bombed in September 2007. A reporter discusses the details of the emerging story. Continue watching
Apr 24 U.S. to Illustrate N. Korea-Syria Nuclear Ties By PBS News Hour CIA Director Michael Hayden and other intelligence officials are briefing House and Senate members Thursday on classified evidence linking North Korea to a Syrian nuclear facility that Israel bombed in September 2007. Continue reading
Feb 13 Top Hezbollah Keader Killed in Syrian Bombing By Admin, PBS News Hour Imad Mughniyeh, a senior leader of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and one of the world's most wanted terrorists, was killed Tuesday night in a car bombing in Syria, according to media reports. Continue reading
Dec 12 Tensions Rise in Lebanon after Bomb Kills General By PBS News Hour A car bomb killed one of Lebanon's top generals and his driver Wednesday, the military and state media said, adding more tension to the country's fragile political situation. Continue reading