Jun 28 Watch Israel Attacks Gaza After Soldier Captured Israeli troops launched air strikes against Gaza Wednesday, in response to the Palestinian abduction of a wounded Israeli soldier. Destroying three Palestinian bridges and a power station, troops crossed the Gaza border for the first time since the Israeli withdrawal… Continue watching
Jan 02 Former Syrian Vice President Faces Treason Charges after TV Interview By Admin, PBS News Hour Officials in Damascus and the U.N. continued to react to the explosive allegations made by the former Syrian vice president in which he said Syrian President Bashar Assad threatened Rafik Hariri several months before Hariri was assassinated. Continue reading
Nov 10 Syrian President Promises Limited Cooperation With U.N. By Admin, PBS News Hour Syrian President Bashar Assad pledged Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri but said he would not place his country's national interests at risk in doing so. Continue reading
Oct 31 U.N. Urges Syrian Cooperation in Hariri Death Probe By PBS News Hour Syria must cooperate "unconditionally" with a United Nations investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri or face "further action," a U.N. Security Council resolution said Monday. Continue reading
Oct 28 Syrian President Faces International and Internal Pressure By Admin, PBS News Hour A meeting of the U.N. Security Council over whether to impose sanctions on officials implicated in a recent investigation into the death of former Rafik Hariri is adding to mounting pressure on Bashar Assad to cooperate with investigators. Continue reading
Oct 26 International Pressure Builds on Syria Over Hariri Case, Lebanon Role By PBS News Hour The United States, France and Britain have drafted a resolution that could impose sanctions on Syria unless it more fully cooperates with an ongoing United Nations investigation into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Continue reading
Oct 21 Top Syrian Officials Implicated in Lebanese Assassination By PBS News Hour A report issued Thursday by the United Nations implicates top Syrian officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and says Lebanese officials helped organize it. Continue reading
Jun 09 Syria's Ruling Party Votes for Political Reform By PBS News Hour Syria's ruling Baath Party, weakened by a struggling economy and the country's military withdrawal from Lebanon, voted for limited legal and political reforms at the end of a national conference Thursday. Continue reading
May 30 Baath Party Conference to Open Amid Calls for Democratic Reform Battered by its withdrawal from Lebanon under international pressure and a continued weak economy at home, Syria may usher in a new period of transition when the Baath Party, which has ruled the country for more than 30 years, meets… Continue reading
May 11 U.S. Forces Push Toward Syria; Car Bombs Shake Iraq By PBS News Hour A series of suicide bombers killed at least 60 people and wounded 100 in several Iraqi cities Wednesday as U.S. forces continued an offensive aimed at uprooting insurgents near the Syrian border. Continue reading