Syrian Civil War
On Tuesday, the U.S. and 10 other Arab and European nations publicly endorsed peace talks in Geneva to end the bloody Syrian civil war. However, the moderate Syrian opposition is unsure about the talks.
John Kerry met with Russian officials in Geneva on Thursday to broker a treaty that would prompt the disposal of Syria's chemical weapons under international supervision.
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama addressed the nation from the East Room of the White House in a 17-minute speech laying out his strategy to approach Syria in wake of the nation's alleged use of chemical weapons.
President Obama will address the nation Tuesday night to make his case for military action against Syria's regime which is believed to have used chemical weapons against its civilians and rebel forces on August 21st.
PBS will air Charlie Rose's exclusive interview with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Sept. 9 at 9 p.m. In the interview, Assad denies his involvement in the deadly chemical weapons attack that left more than one thousand Syrians dead.
On Wednesday, a sharply divided Senate panel approved President Obama's resolution to launch a limited military strike against Syria.
Following an alleged chemical attack by the Syrian government against its own people on Wednesday, the United States military has turned to fiery rhetoric in preparing what may well be a military strike later this week.
After a 19-hour blackout, internet service has been restored to war-torn Syria.
The civil war in Syria has been raging for more than two years, but March was its bloodiest month, with over 6,000 deaths, according to the activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syrian civil war casualties continue to mount, as two suicide car bomb blasts rocked Daraa, near the capital city of Damascus on Friday.
Women fleeing Syria say fear of rape at the hands of soldiers fighting in the two-year civil war is the main reason they are leaving the country.
