Dec 26 Watch 8:31 How the Assad regime made billions producing and exporting party drugs By Leila Molana-Allen, Abdul Razzaq Al-Shami Now that the Assad regime in Syria has fallen, the full scale of that government’s production and distribution of illicit drugs is coming to light. Leila Molana-Allen reports from the drug factories in Syria. Continue watching
Dec 26 Uneasy calm, heightened security after flare-up of violence in Syrian city of Homs By Abby Sewell, Associated Press Syria's new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country's fragile peace could break down. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch 8:35 Discovery of mass graves in Syria sheds new light on brutality of fallen Assad regime By Simona Foltyn, Dan Sagalyn With the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the scale of his regime's mass killings and executions are coming to light more and more each day. The United Nations said this week the new Syrian government was receptive… Continue watching
Dec 24 UN organization says Syria’s new authorities ‘very receptive’ to investigation into Assad war crimes By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The visit by International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism for Syria, was the first since the organization was established by the U.N. General Assembly in 2016 to assist in evidence-gathering and prosecution of individuals responsible for possible war crimes, crimes against… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 7:03 Ravages of war in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria leave millions of children in dire need By John Yang, Andrew Corkery As the humanitarian crisis affecting children in Gaza continues to deepen, UNICEF says there’s also a great need in Lebanon and Syria. John Yang speaks with UNICEF spokesman James Elder about what he saw on a recent trip to the… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 7:35 Former U.S. ambassador to Syria outlines challenges to rebuilding the war-torn country By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn American diplomats were in Syria for the first time since the U.S. shut its embassy in Damascus in 2012. They met with Syria's new ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and announced the $10 million bounty the U.S. placed on him would be… Continue watching
Dec 19 Putin boasts of Ukraine gains, denies fall of Assad in Syria dented Russia at annual news conference By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press The Russian leader sought to project strength and ease at his annual news conference and call-in show Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch Amid new freedoms, Syrians face horrors at site of Assad’s 2013 chemical weapons attack By Leila Molana-Allen, Eric O'Connor Syrians are celebrating their hard-won freedoms throughout the nation, but that joy is tempered by the absence of so many imprisoned and never heard from again. In some ways, Syria is a land of ghosts, and the job of speaking… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch 3:36 Syrians attempt to uncover fate of thousands detained and feared murdered under Assad By Simona Foltyn As we learn more about the atrocities committed by the Assad regime, investigations are underway at sites across that country. Authorities and relatives are trying to uncover the fate of the many thousands detained and feared murdered during Assad's rule. Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 8:23 Displaced Syrians return to face daunting task of rebuilding homes and families By Leila Molana-Allen, Eric O'Connor, Sonia Kopelev In Syria, people are returning home after years of a civil war that displaced millions and left the country divided and destroyed. Assad regime checkpoints that severed any chance of seeing loved ones are now gone like the government. Special… Continue watching