Jul 04 Watch 4:34 Airstrikes on rebel-held Syria create new crisis for a quarter million people More than 270,000 Syrians have fled for their lives in the last few weeks. For them, walking for hours to a desolate corner of the desert and waiting for help that is not arriving is still safer than staying at… Continue watching
Jul 03 Syrian group uncovering Islamic State mass graves needs help, watchdog says By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Activists working to uncover mass graves in northeastern Syria — a region until recently controlled by the Islamic State group — need help to preserve evidence and identify human remains, an international watchdog said Tuesday. Continue reading
Jun 29 Meet the Syrian women educating refugee girls about early marriage By Larisa Epatko For many Syrian refugees, their troubles don’t end when they reach a safer destination. With little of their own resources, some refugee families marry off their girls to try to give them more financial security and a chance at a… Continue reading
Jun 28 Hundreds of Syrians leave Lebanon for long-awaited reunions By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Hundreds of displaced Syrians left Lebanon for their war-torn homeland Thursday in a repatriation that will reunite them with relatives they have not seen for years. But many of them also are leaving behind loved ones who are staying in… Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 4:26 News Wrap: House GOP readies for immigration bill vote In our news wrap Tuesday, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives called a vote for on an immigration bill on Wednesday, but acknowledged it might fail. Also, new fighting in southern Syria has driven up to 50,000 people from… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 4:56 News Wrap: Funeral held for Antwon Rose, black teen killed by police officer In our news wrap Monday, mourners lined up outside a school to mourn Antwon Rose, a black teenager shot to death by a white policeman near Pittsburgh. Also, Algeria’s government sent 13,000 migrants into the Sahara Desert in the past… Continue watching
Jun 20 ‘It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen a flower’: Life in a Syrian refugee camp By Larisa Epatko Since Syria's civil war began, Jordan has taken in about 666,100 Syrian refugees. This is what life is like for some of them who live in the Azraq refugee camp. Continue reading
Jun 09 Syrian refugees in America: The forgotten psychological wounds of the stress of migration By Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation War in Syria and the refugee crisis have been the subject of a heated debate in United States politics, leading to a travel ban and drastic reduction in the number refugees to the U.S. this year. But what do we… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 8:39 Turkey doesn’t have to choose between U.S. and Russia, foreign minister says Relations between the U.S. and Turkey have deteriorated amid deep divisions over the American backing of the Syrian Kurdish force YPG in the fight against ISIS. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu sits down with Judy Woodruff to discuss that rift,… Continue watching
May 24 Watch 4:19 News Wrap: Russian missile downed Malaysia Airlines plane, investigators say In our news wrap Thursday, international investigators say the missile that destroyed a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine in 2014 came from a Russian military unit. Moscow denies any responsibility. Also, war monitors say airstrikes killed 12 pro-government fighters in… Continue watching