Aug 30 UN Syria envoy floats idea of evacuating Idlib civilians By Jamey Keaten, Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press Fearing a military offensive, the U.N. envoy for Syria proposed Thursday that civilians holed up in the rebel-held region of Idlib could evacuate to government areas. Continue reading
Aug 17 U.S. ends Syria stabilization funding, cites more allied cash By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration is ending funding for Syria stabilization projects as it moves to extricate the U.S. from the conflict, citing increased contributions from anti-Islamic State coalition partners. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 7:47 Syria sets its sights on the last rebel holdout The war inside Syria has been raging for seven years, with half a million dead, millions displaced and the complicated battlefield dramatically shifted. Now Bashar al-Assad’s army is preparing for what could be the war’s final major battle. Nick Schifrin… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 10:55 John Bolton: North Korea has not ‘taken effective steps’ to denuclearize By Nick Schifrin, Larisa Epatko National Security Adviser John Bolton on Monday criticized North Korea’s denuclearization efforts, saying leader Kim Jong Un was not living up to the commitment he made to President Donald Trump at their June meeting in Singapore. Bolton talks with Nick… Continue watching
Jul 26 Mass funerals held in southern Syria day after Islamic State attacks By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Mourners in southern Syria attended mass funerals Thursday for least 216 people killed in coordinated attacks by Islamic State fighters on a usually peaceful city and surrounding countryside. In the worst violence to hit the area since the country's conflict… Continue reading
Jul 22 Israel evacuates Syrian volunteers stranded in frontier area By Aron Heller, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press The evacuation was the first such Israeli intervention in Syria's lengthy civil war, now in its eighth year. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 5:46 News Wrap: Kim Jong Un needs to keep nuclear promises, Pompeo says In our news wrap Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pressed North Korea for concrete actions on dismantling its nuclear program in a visit to the United Nations. Also, Syrian rebels and civilians began evacuating from the frontier near the… Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: Trump criticizes Federal Reserve over interest rate increases In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump suggested in an interview that the current Federal Reserve policy of gradual rate increases is not helping the economy, but said that he’s “letting them do what they feel is best.” Also, more… Continue watching
Jul 15 Syrian government targets rebels near Israel-occupied Golan By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press BEIRUT — Syrian government forces unleashed hundreds of missiles on a rebel-held area near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, activists said, the latest phase in an offensive to clear southern Syria of insurgents. The government’s push came after it… Continue reading
Jul 12 Syrian rebels surrender Daraa, the city where protests first ignited in 2011 By Philip Issa, Associated Press Protests in Daraa in 2011 against the government's mistreatment of teenage detainees ignited a national revolt against decades of authoritarian rule. Syria eventually descended into a full-blown civil war that has claimed the lives of some 400,000 people and displaced… Continue reading