Jan 05 Watch 5:11 Will new Lebanese border rules discourage Syrian refugees? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch When business is for the birds, small farms strive to survive despite industry pecking order By PBS News Hour How do small farms, competing against factory farms, gobble up their share of business? The family-run Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm in Connecticut relies on Thanksgiving sales for nearly half of their yearly income, selling high-quality birds raised in a free-range… Continue watching
Nov 24 Turkey’s president says women not equal to men By News Desk Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruffled feathers Monday when he said women and men are created differently, and women can’t be expected to do the same work as men. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch Should the U.S. change its Islamic State strategy in Syria? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch News Wrap: Liberia lifts state of emergency By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Liberia’s president lifted a state of emergency that restricted citizen movement, citing progress against Ebola. More than half of the more than 5,000 people who have died from the disease have been from that country. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Winter coming, displaced families fleeing Islamic State must improvise basic shelter By PBS News Hour In cities across the north of Iraq, thousands of displaced families who have fled the Islamic State don't have even the walls of a tent. Special correspondent Jane Arraf reports from Iraq, where the approaching winter could be as deadly… Continue watching
Oct 28 Latest Islamic State propaganda video depicts British hostage as war correspondent By Ayan Sheikh Freelance British photojournalist, John Cantlie — abducted in 2012 along with U.S. journalist James Foley — appears in the Islamic State’s latest video as a foreign correspondent reporting from the Syrian town of Kobani, the New York Times reported. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Why U.S. and allies can’t afford to let Kobani fall to Islamic State – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch U.S. airdrops military aid for Kurds fighting Islamic State in Kobani – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 17 Kobani key to U.S. strategy against Islamic State By Lara Jakes, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Dusty and remote, the Syrian city of Kobani has become an unlikely spoil in the war against Islamic State militants — and far more of a strategic prize than the United States wants to admit. Continue reading