World Jul 06 Watch Libya Prepares for First Free Elections After Gadhafi Regime For the first time in nearly 50 years, Libyans will go to the polls on Saturday to vote for a new parliamentary government. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on the excitement in that country, nine months after the…
World Mar 02 Watch Homs Residents ‘Planning Their Last Minutes’ Amid ‘Systematic Slaughter’ Saying the city had been "cleansed," the Syrian government prohibited the Red Cross from delivering critical food and medical supplies Friday to the Baba Amr neighborhood of Homs. John Irvine of Independent Television News reports.
World Jan 27 Watch News of Escalated Violence in Syria Troubles Arab League Monitors Violence in Syria continued Friday as activists reported at least 70 dead from fighting by government forces in Homs, Hama and Idlib -- news that has frustrated both the Arab League monitors and the United Nations Security Council. Lindsey Hilsum…
World Jun 03 Watch Uprisings, Questions Linger in Syria, Yemen, Bahrain Fighting intensified Friday around the Middle East as governments tried to overpower uprisings around the region. Jeffrey Brown discusses what's next for the people and governments of Syria, Yemen and Bahrain with author and foreign policy analyst Robin Wright.
May 27 Watch G-8 Pledges Aid to Promote Arab Democracy; Fighting Spreads in Yemen Group of 8 leaders wrapped up their two-day summit in Deauville, France, on Friday by comparing the "Arab spring" to the fall of the Berlin Wall and promising up to $40 billion in aid to Tunisia and Egypt for their… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Where Does Syria Stand Amid Wave of Arab World Protests? Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the view of Arab world unrest from Syria, a country that until recently remained silent in the wave of uprisings challenging governments and demanding reforms across the Middle East and North Africa. Continue watching