Aug 16 Watch 4:36 News Wrap: Louisiana flooding worsens; crews gain ground on California wildfire By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Louisiana flooding called "unprecedented" grew worse, with 8 known dead and some 40,000 homes impacted. In California, crews have gained ground on the massive wildfire north of San Francisco; officials say the blaze is around… Continue watching
Aug 16 Hundreds of ISIS vehicles were allowed to leave Syrian city By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS says the decision was made by Syrian rebel commanders who let the convoy leave the city because there were civilians in all of the cars. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 11:41 Repeatedly targeted by airstrikes, Syrian doctors feel abandoned By Marcia Biggs In Syria’s ongoing war, doctors are under attack in the very places they expect to be safe: their hospitals. Last week, pro-government forces bombed a maternity hospital in the northwestern city of Idlib -- just one of the more than… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 8:01 Explaining the Middle East conflicts through the eyes of six individuals By PBS News Hour In an article that consumes the entirety of this week’s New York Times Magazine, Scott Anderson aims to tell a story of great breadth and timeliness: how the current conflicts in the Middle East arose, and how they might evolve… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch News Wrap: Firefighters battle two California wildfires By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, two wildfires in California are wreaking havoc: one in the San Bernardino Mountains, which has threatened 5,000 homes, and another north of Big Sur, which is about halfway contained but still growing. Also, Delta Air… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 9:46 Syrian refugees adjusting to U.S. bring complex health needs By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 06 Kurdish fighters, rebel forces advance in Syria By Michael D. Regan Under a blanket of airstrikes led by the United States, a coalition of mostly Kurdish fighters on Saturday advanced into a key town in northern Syria held by the Islamic State. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 10:50 One Syrian child soldier's desperate struggle to escape ISIS By Marcia Biggs Their faces are flooding the internet: the thousands of child soldiers fighting in Syria. Whether they join armed groups out of economic need or a sense of cultural obligation, these children become instruments of violence and propaganda, often witnessing--and executing--acts… Continue watching
Aug 05 Denmark enters Syrian conflict By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Danish warplanes dropped bombs on the Islamic State in Syria for the first time, the country's military said Friday. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 3:10 News Wrap: Obama renews case for TPP; more DNC resignations By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama renewed his case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal both presidential candidates have disavowed. Also, the Associated Press reports that the Democratic National Committee’s chief executive has resigned and that other staff… Continue watching