Dec 11 Watch 3:25 Syria’s new leaders promise unity while also holding Assad facilitators accountable By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Syria's new leaders vowed to create unity, but also hold to account the people who facilitated a half-century of Assad rule. Those calls for revenge added to the unease of many Syrian minorities, including U.S. partners in the fight against… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 5:14 Fall of Assad sparks new hope in Syria but minority groups remain concerned By Amna Nawaz, Leila Molana-Allen, Sonia Kopelev The sea change toward tenuous hope in Syria over the last two weeks has been tempered with a grim accounting of the last 14 years of war and a half a century of authoritarian rule under the Assad family. Special… Continue watching
Dec 11 Palestinians search for family members who vanished after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza By Wafaa Shurafa, Sarah El Deeb, Julia Frankel, Associated Press Dozens of Palestinians are receiving help from an Israeli legal group in their search for family members who went missing after being separated by Israeli soldiers during raids and arrests in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
Dec 11 Syrians search morgues for signs of loved ones who died in Assad’s prisons By Hussein Mallah, Omar Albam, Associated Press Many bodies have been found in Syrian detention centers and prisons since President Bashar al-Assad's government fell. Continue reading
Dec 11 Saudi Arabia named as 2034 FIFA World Cup host; Spain, Portugal and Morocco to co-host 2030 edition By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press The Saudi bid was the only candidate and was acclaimed by the applause of more than 200 FIFA member federations. They took part remotely in an online meeting hosted in Zurich on Wednesday by the soccer body’s president Gianni Infantino. Continue reading
Dec 11 Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 By Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press One of the strikes hit a home where displaced people were sheltering in the isolated north, killing 19. That strike occurred in the northern town of Beit Lahiya near the border with Israel, according to the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital,… Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 6:27 Syria’s new leaders work to keep rebel factions united after overthrow of common enemy By Simona Foltyn After 14 years of war, Syria is seeking stability. The country's caretaker prime minister, appointed by the fighters who overthrew Bashar al-Assad, said the government transition process is expected to last until March. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports from Damascus. Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch 8:58 How cotton from Central Asia is helping fuel Russia’s war in Ukraine By Simon Ostrovsky, Dan Sagalyn It's been nearly three years since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and despite huge losses on both sides, there is no sign that Putin's war machine is letting up. Cotton is used to make gunpowder and explosives… Continue watching
Dec 10 U.S. airstrikes in Syria meant to prevent Islamic State from taking power in leadership void By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Officials say that while the group is vastly weaker than in 2014, it still has thousands of militants in Syria. Continue reading
Dec 10 Netanyahu testifies in his corruption trial, latest in a long series of scandals By Associated Press Netanyahu has denied wrongdoing, and assailed investigations into his conduct or that of his family as witch hunts. Continue reading