Dec 17 Watch 9:53 After fall of Assad, mother of Austin Tice has renewed hope son will be found in Syria By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine and freelance journalist, is one of the longest-held American hostages abroad. The recent fall of Bashar al-Assad and his brutal regime in Syria has renewed hope that Tice will be found some 12 years… Continue watching
Dec 17 Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in buffer zone inside Syria By Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border “until another arrangement is found that will ensure Israel’s security.”… Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 6:53 City that fostered Syria’s uprising celebrates life without Assad By Simona Foltyn In 2011, as the Arab Spring took hold across the Middle East, the seeds of Syria's revolution were sown by students and young people in the city of Daraa. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports on how the city that fostered… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 4:54 Syria’s rebel leaders face critical decisions as they chart new path for the country By Leila Molana-Allen, Dan Sagalyn For the first time since he fled the country he ruled with an iron fist and a willingness to kill his own people to hold power, Bashar al-Assad was heard from. In a statement from exile in Moscow, Assad claimed… Continue watching
Dec 16 EU seeks assurances from Syria’s new leaders in exchange for dropping sanctions By Lorne Cook, Associated Press European Union nations on Monday set out conditions for lifting sanctions on Syria and kick-starting aid to the conflict-ravaged country amid uncertainty about its new leaders' intentions just over a week after they seized power. Continue reading
Dec 16 Assad says he had no plans to leave Syria, was evacuated by Russians By Associated Press Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 5:14 Syrians begin piecing their lives back together a week after rebels overthrow Assad By John Yang, Leila Molana-Allen, Andrew Corkery Signs of normalcy are starting to return a week after life inside Syria was upended as rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. As the country’s new leaders begin to chart a path forward, the UN envoy to Syria called for… Continue watching
Dec 15 Analysis: What to know about HTS, Hezbollah and Iran after Assad’s fall in Syria By Bruce Hoffman, Council on Foreign Relations The ascendance of Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria should be viewed with great caution by Western powers, but the Assad regime’s collapse disables a critical node in Iran’s regional proxy network, a counterterrorism expert explains. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 8:36 Search continues for missing Syrians imprisoned by Assad regime By Simona Foltyn, John Yang, Kaisha Young Under the Assad regime, hundreds of thousands of Syrians were swept up by the government’s security apparatus, never to be seen again. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn gained access to one of the intelligence branches that orchestrated that brutal oppression and… Continue watching
Dec 14 U.S. has been in direct contact with Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Blinken is the first U.S. official to publicly confirm contacts between the Biden administration and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, which led a coalition of armed opposition groups that ousted Assad from power last Sunday. Continue reading