Aug 17 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Rudy Giuliani appears before Georgia grand jury in 2020 election probe In our news wrap Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani appeared before a special grand jury in Georgia over his attempts to change the state's 2020 election results, former Vice President Pence implored Republicans to stop attacks on the FBI, the CDC announced… Continue watching
Aug 17 WATCH: State Department calls for Syria to release missing American journalist Austin Tice By Associated Press The State Department on Wednesday called on Syria to release American journalist Austin Tice, who is believed to have been abducted ten years ago near Damascus while reporting on the Syrian conflict. Continue reading
Aug 17 Syria denies it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice, other Americans By Albert Aji, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Syria has denied it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans, a week after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of holding him. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 5:13 News Wrap: Ukrainian forces strike ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Kherson In our news wrap Tuesday, Ukraine's military said it destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in outside the occupied city of Kherson, the U.S. military killed the leader of the Islamic State group in Syria, Mexico's president calls for end to… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: Funerals begin for Highland Park shooting victims In our news wrap Friday, funerals and memorial services began for three of the seven victims killed in the July Fourth shooting rampage in Highland Park, Illinois, a wildfire in California's Yosemite National Park is raging out of control near… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 5:16 How a Russian veto in the UN Security Council could threaten aid to war-torn Syria By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi The fate of the last remaining humanitarian aid route between Turkey and rebel-controlled northwest Syria hangs in the balance as a decision on keeping it open comes up for a vote at the UN Security Council. Moscow could veto the… Continue watching
May 23 Turkey’s President Erdogan threatens new incursion into Syria By Associated Press Speaking following a Cabinet meeting on Monday, Erdogan said the aim of the operation would be resume Turkish efforts to create a 30-kilometer (20 mile) safe zone along its border with Syria. Continue reading
May 23 Sandstorm engulfs parts of Middle East By Samya Kullab, Associated Press Monday's storm was the latest in a series of unprecedented nearly back-to-back sandstorms that have bewildered residents. They've also raised alarm among experts and officials who blame climate change and poor government regulations. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 4:42 A thousand miles from Ukraine, Syrians in Idlib fear history is repeating itself By Ali Rogin, Abdel Razaq el-Shami Ukrainians have been living, suffering and dying under withering Russian air, artillery and missile strikes. Their plight and resistance are perhaps nowhere better understood than in Syria's Idlib province. There, Syrians who oppose president Bashar al-Assad are in their 11th… Continue watching
Apr 18 Battle-hardened Syrian fighters to join Russian side in Ukraine war, say observers By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The next chapter of the war in Ukraine could see Russia bringing in greater numbers of battle-hardened fighters from Syria, observers say. Continue reading