Nov 26 Obama makes holiday appeal for acceptance of Syrian refugees By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama appealed anew on Thanksgiving Day for acceptance of Syrian refugees, saying "so much of our greatness comes from our generosity."… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 3:18 News Wrap: State Department suggests Syrian war can still be ended By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 23 Photos: These are the faces of Syria, from around the world By Corinne Segal As images of desperate Syrian refugees make headlines, Nour Nouralla is one of a group of photographers bringing focus to the individual faces and voices that share a Syrian identity with the project “Syrian Eyes of the World.”… Continue reading
Oct 19 Global seed bank opens ‘doomsday vault’ to deliver Syrian varieties to safety By Gretchen Frazee Walking through dark, grey tunnels carved 400 feet into the base of a mountain in the Arctic Circle, researchers did something that hadn’t been done since the “doomsday vault” was built in 2008. Instead of putting containers into the vault,… Continue reading
Oct 02 Pentagon considers protecting Syrian rebels from Russia By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Pentagon is grappling with whether the U.S. should use military force to protect U.S. trained and equipped Syrian rebels now that they may be the targets of Russian airstrikes. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 12:01 Can anything break the Syrian war stalemate? By PBS News Hour Since the start of Syria's war four years ago, more than 200,000 people have died and millions have been made homeless. Two rounds of peace talks have already failed. What can be done to bring an end to the war?… Continue watching
Mar 16 Four years into war, Syrian Americans renew their calls against Assad, IS By Noreen Nasir, Shehryar Nabi On Sunday, hundreds of Syrian Americans from around the country gathered for a fourth year in front of the White House to commemorate the beginning of the revolution, and to honor the 220,000 people who have been killed since it… Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 5:41 Four years into war, Syrian Americans renew their calls against Assad, IS By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 22 Syrian civil war death toll exceeds 190,000, U.N. reports By Ayan Sheikh The United Nations human rights office announced Friday that the number of people killed since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011 has more than doubled, with more than 190,000 people reported killed. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch End Not Yet in Sight, Syria’s Two-Year Conflict Reaches Grim Milestone End Not Yet in Sight, Syria's Two-Year Conflict Reaches Grim Milestone… Continue watching