TED Talks
TED: Life on the frontlines of war reporting | Jane Ferguson
Covering global war stories can be hard and thankless — but it's critical work if the rest of us are to understand what's really going on in the world. For nearly two decades, journalist Jane Ferguson has reported on hostilities across...
TED Talks
TED: 3 steps to build peace and create meaningful change | Georgette Bennett
As the child of Holocaust survivors and a World War II refugee herself, peace builder Georgette Bennett was stunned by the human toll and tragedy of the Syrian civil war. She got to work, bringing together historical enemies to build an...
PBS
Syrian refugees to US bring complex health needs
Refugees arriving in upstate New York in recent years have increasingly come from active conflict zones, including Syria and Iraq -- many fleeing with injuries of war and deep emotional scars. As the refugee populations in places like...
PBS
Syrian refugees find mental and physical rehabiliation in Jordan
Now five years old, the war in Syria has taken an immense emotional and physical toll on those close to the fighting. Nisreen Katbi fled from Syria to Jordan four years ago and now runs a center that helps fellow refugees experiencing...
PBS
A new generation of war crimes investigators turn high-tech methods
Humanitarian crises like those in Syria's Aleppo sometimes make headlines. But how do we identify such atrocities when they are occurring thousands of miles away? A new program at UC Berkeley is training students to leverage social...
Curated Video
ONLY ON AP Syrian President Assad talks to the AP
President Bashar Assad said deadly U.S. airstrikes on Syrian troops last week were intentional, dismissing American officials' statements that they were an accident. Assad said the U.S. lacked "the will" to join forces with Russia in...
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ICRC president Peter Maurer meets deputy FM as he continues three-day visit to Syria
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president Peter Maurer met Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Faisal al-Miqdad for talks on Tuesday.
The Red Cross said earlier that during his talks Maurer would address the "rapidly...
Curated Video
US Questions Russian Defense Missiles in Syria
The Russian military said Tuesday it had beefed up its forces in Syria with state-of-the-art air defense missiles, an announcement that follows Washington's move to suspend contacts with Russia over Syria.The deployment raised questions...
Curated Video
UK Foreign Secretary says Syria decision will be based on consensus
Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday that his government wants a consensus from all political parties in the British Parliament before taking any action against the Syrian regime after they allegedly attacked their...
Curated Video
Interview with UK FM Miliband after meeting with President Assad
1. Mid of British foreign secretary David Miliband listening to reporter's question
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Miliband, British Foreign Secretary:
"I'm here on behalf of the United Kingdom, not on behalf of anybody else. The peace...
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Steinmeier on Syria and France's economic policies
Germany's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the "prospects of success" of the Geneva talks on ending the Syrian conflict could not be guaranteed without the participation of the Syrian opposition.
The Western-backed Syrian National...
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Senior cleric slams US for recognising Syria opposition
++AP Television is adhering to Iranian law that stipulates all media are banned from providing BBC Persian or VOA Persian any coverage from Iran, and under this law if any media violate this ban the Iranian authorities can immediately...
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US Sen Kerry, other Congress members visit Syria
1. John Kerry, United States Senator from Massachusetts and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, arriving with delegation of US officials to meeting with Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa
2. Mid of al-Sharaa
3. Mid of...
Curated Video
Iron Dome deployed in north Israel, Ramallah protest against Israeli strikes; Golan Heights
Safed, northern Israel
1. Various of Iron Dome rocket defence battery
2. Mid of Iron Dome battery
3. Various of Iron Dome battery
4. Wide of Safed city, road sign in foreground
5. Street scene in city centre
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe...
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EGYPT: ARAFAT/PALESTINIAN GROUP PEACE TALKS
Arabic/Eng/Nat
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat held talks on Sunday with a Palestinian group which has been opposed to peace deals with Israel.
The meeting with the group, known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine or...
Curated Video
Opposition group denies connection to deadly Damascus blasts
1. Mid of Bassam Imadi, former Syrian diplomat and member of the opposition Syrian National Council, reading a newspaper
2. Close of Imadi's face
3. Mid of Imadi reading a newspaper, headline reads (English) "Blasts ravage Annan plan,...
Curated Video
MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER ARRIVES HOME
Hebrew/Nat
Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy has returned from West Virginia where he took part in the peace talks with Syria.
Following his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, he told reporters that the Israeli-Syrian peace process had...
Curated Video
Syria - Visit US Secretary Of State Christopher
US Secretary of State Warren Christopher was cautiously optimistic
about prospects for peace between Israel and Syria after meeting
Syrian President Hafez al Assad in Damascus on Tuesday (11/10).
U.S. Secretary of State Warren...
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Pro- and anti-Assad protesters clash with each other and police outside conference
1. Turkish police pushing back supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad
2. Police spraying tear gas on protesters as they rush forwards
3. Mid of man overcome by tear gas fumes being led away
4. Mid of another man being helped...
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Russian spokesman comments on Syrian no-fly zones and arms for the rebels
1. Wide of Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich entering ‬ ‪
2. Wide of journalists ‬ ‪
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexander Lukashevich, Foreign Ministry spokesman: ‪
"All these manoeuvres around the no-fly zone and...
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Israeli warplanes bomb targets in Syria in response to cross-border attack that killed an Israeli teenager
Israeli warplanes bombed a series of targets inside Syria early on Monday in response to a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli teenager the previous day, the Israeli military said.
Israel said it struck nine military targets...
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ISRAEL: LEBANON BORDER VILLAGE GHAJAR
Hebrew/Nat
The fate of the village of Ghajar hangs in the balance after Israel withdrew from Lebanon last week.
Israel had taken Ghajar when it invaded Syria in 1967, but when it withdrew the village found itself in no man's...
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ISRAEL: KNESSET: EHUD BARAK SWORN IN AS PRIME MINISTER (4)
Natural Sound
Assuming office on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said his hands were stretched out in peace toward Israel's Arab neighbours and called on the Palestinians to forget the pain of the past and look to a brighter...
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Larsen meets opposition, pro-Syrian demo
Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon
1. Various of demonstration
2. Demonstrators shouting anti-US slogans
3. Various of demonstration
4. Wide of speaker Hezbollah Member of Parliament Mohammad Raad
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Raad, head of...