Feb 10 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Assad says he gets indirect info on U.S. airstrikes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed on the BBC that he is getting information on the U.S. air campaign against the Islamic State indirectly through third parties. Also, there were reports that the U.S. embassy in… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch 6:13 News Wrap: Northeast digs out of a third storm in two weeks, breaking records By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, New England got walloped with another winter storm. Boston broke a 30-day snowfall record and the governor of Massachusetts said the state was struggling to find places to dump more snow. Also, the Italian coast… Continue watching
Feb 06 Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim takeover of country By Larisa Epatko In a televised announcement Friday from Yemen’s capital Sanaa, the powerful Houthi Shiite rebel group claimed to have dissolved parliament and taken over the country. Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 6:10 News Wrap: U.S. embassy in Yemen closed to public amid turmoil By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 25 Obama: Upheaval in Yemen has not affected US counterterrorism ops By Associated Press President Barack Obama says the political vacuum in Yemen hasn't affected U.S. counterterrorism operations inside the Middle Eastern country. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch 9:34 Will regional turmoil encourage stability inside Saudi Arabia? By PBS News Hour Former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta join Judy Woodruff to discuss the many regional crises at play as Saudi Arabia moves to new leadership. Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 4:01 News Wrap: Ransom deadline passes for Japanese hostages held by Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the deadline passed for the Japanese government to pay $200 million in ransom to Islamic State for two hostages. Japanese officials are still trying to free the two captives. Also, a pro-Russian rebel leader said… Continue watching
Jan 23 Five reasons Americans should be concerned about the crisis in Yemen By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Yemen's U.S.-backed president stepped down this week after Houthi rebels seized the capital of Sanaa, further destabilizing the region and hampering America's ability to fight al-Qaida and other extremists targeting the West. The country's parliament will meet Sunday, but the… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 6:13 Why Yemen’s political implosion is dangerous for the U.S. By PBS News Hour Yemen's government collapsed Thursday as the U.S.-backed President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and cabinet stepped down, allowing Shiite rebels to effectively take over the capital. Gwen Ifill talks to Gregory Johnsen, author of "The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's… Continue watching
Jan 22 Yemen president’s resignation complicates closure of Guantanamo By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Chaos in Yemen is adding yet another challenge to President Barack Obama's drive to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, with administration officials saying a ban on detainee transfers to the unstable Middle East nation has effectively been restored. Continue reading