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2 weeks ago | 
pbs.org | Malcolm Brabant |Sonia Kopelev
At the Vatican, a last chance for the faithful to view Pope Francis in his casket before his funeral on Saturday. More than a quarter-million people over three days of public viewing processed by Francis, resting in a simple wood coffin. Fifty-four Heads of state, including President Trump, will attend the service in St. Peter's Basilica. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Rome.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Sonia Kopelev
In Syria, people are returning home after years of a civil war that displaced millions and left the country divided and destroyed. Assad regime checkpoints that severed any chance of seeing loved ones are now gone like the government. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen spoke to families overjoyed to be reunited, but now facing the daunting task of rebuilding their homes and their families.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Sonia Kopelev
Barely a week after Bashar al-Assad fled the country he destroyed, Syrians welcomed the first Friday prayers. There are many unanswered questions about this new Syria, but one thing is for certain, there is unfettered jubilation. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Aleppo.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Sonia Kopelev
The Assad legacy is one of horror with hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced or in exile. Perhaps nothing illustrates the depths of the depravity more than the archipelago of prisons and torture centers where tens of thousands were killed by the regime. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen takes us inside some of these now-liberated facilities as Syrians search for answers.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
pbs.org | 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 correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Damascus.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Sonia Kopelev
Dec 5, 2024 6:45 PM EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Rebels dealt another blow to the Syrian government by capturing a city in the center of the country. Opposition forces took control of Hama, one of the few cities that remained largely under government control since the civil war started in 2011. The northern city of Aleppo fell earlier this week as the opposition launched a major operation against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. John Yang reports.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Sonia Kopelev
Dec 4, 2024 6:35 PM EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio President Biden is returning from the first presidential trip to Africa in more than a decade. Biden visited Angola to further U.S. investments on the continent. The Americans are playing a game of catchup with the Chinese who have spent decades, and billions, investing, extracting and, some say, exploiting developing countries. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Mvemba Phezo Dizolele.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Sonia Kopelev
Dec 3, 2024 6:55 PM EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio For the first time since South Korea became a democracy some 40 years ago, a president declared martial law. But hours later, the opposition and members of his own party in parliament rejected the order. Nick Schifrin discussed what led to this undemocratic move by President Yoon Suk Yeol and what's next for South Korea with Frank Jannuzi.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Sonia Kopelev
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio The world’s top war crimes court issued warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The court said they committed crimes against humanity for intentionally depriving Gazans of food and directing attacks against civilians. Israel called it an anti-semitic attack on democracies trying to defend themselves from terrorism. Nick Schifrin reports.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
pbs.org | Sonia Kopelev
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio One thousand days ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine marked that grim milestone with a first, using a long-range American missile system to hit a target inside Russia. Also Tuesday, Russia updated its nuclear doctrine that says it could use nuclear weapons if attacked by a conventionally armed country supported by a nuclear power. Nick Schifrin reports.
