May 13 Watch 7:16 In Syria, more than 100,000 have entered Assad's prisons -- and never returned While one phrase of Syria's brutal nine-year civil war may be concluding, the systemic forced disappearance, torture and murder of hundreds of thousands of Syrians has not ceased. Amna Nawaz talks to Anne Barnard of the Council on Foreign Relations… Continue watching
May 13 Watch 7:25 For these refugees, theater plays a 'vital role' in healing By Jeffrey Brown, Frank Carlson In the aftermath of the Syrian conflict, millions of people fled their country, joining migrants and refugees from across the Middle East and Africa seeking better lives in Europe and the United States. Many gathered at an informal French refugee… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 9:58 Kurdish control in Syria threatened by U.S. troop withdrawal By Jane Ferguson After the Syrian revolution began in 2011, the Kurdish people formed their own semi-autonomous area in Syria called Rojava. Their alliance with the U.S. has kept Syrian and Turkish forces out of the region and bolstered territorial gains. But questions… Continue watching
May 10 Why Syria's Assad is setting his sights on Idlib By Zeina Karam, Associated Press Idlib is once again a theater for bloody military operations: heavy bombardment, airstrikes and waves of civilian displacement. Continue reading
May 05 Warplanes strike hospital in Syria's rebel-held Idlib By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Warplanes struck a hospital in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province on Sunday, knocking it out of service, as government forces continued to bombard the rebel-held region following insurgent attacks last week. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 6:24 Despite loss of caliphate, why ISIS is 'far from defeated' The deadly Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka have refocused attention on the Islamic State, which claims connection to the eight believed suicide bombers. Judy Woodruff talks to Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times about indicators of the terror… Continue watching
Apr 05 Should thousands of ISIS fighters and their families be allowed to return home? By Courtney Vinopal While some countries had repatriated former members of ISIS on an ad hoc basis in the past, the fall of the caliphate has forced the U.S. and its allies to seek a more permanent fix. Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch 8:42 After the fall of ISIS caliphate, its capital remains a city of the dead By Jane Ferguson Although the Islamic State’s physical territory has dissolved, immense destruction from the brutal battle to eradicate the militant group remains. In the former caliphate’s capital city, Raqqa, survivors sort through the wreckage in search of bodies, recalling the atrocities they’ve… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 12:34 Turkish foreign minister slams U.S. for having 'no clear strategy' on Syria By Ali Rogin Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu slammed the United States' Syria strategy and Middle East peace plan, saying Wednesday that one was underdeveloped and the other might not exist. "It seems that there is no clear… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 7:09 How theater helps these Syrian refugees manage the trauma of war By Malcolm Brabant How does one manage the trauma of war? A group of refugees from Syria, which has been consumed by fighting for eight years, is trying theater. In Glasgow, Scotland, a therapeutic drama program is staging an ancient play about the… Continue watching