American Troops Killed in ISIS-Claimed Attack Despite Claims that the...
At at least three American troops have killedin an ISIS-claimed suicide attack ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in the city of Manbij in northern Syria on Wednesday. The attack...
View ArticleEmbedded with Syria’s Islamic Militants
For the film “Of Fathers and Sons,” Syrian filmmaker Talal Derki returned from exile to embed with Islamic militants in his homeland for over two years. He captures the life of a member of Syria’s...
View Article"To Me, This Is The Right Thing To Do": California Governor Halts State's...
"To Me, This Is The Right Thing To Do": California Governor Halts State's ExecutionsCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on executions in the state, which holds one quarter of the...
View ArticleEight Years Into Syrian Civil War, A Writer Reflects
Today marks eight years since the start of the Syrian civil war. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and, according to the United Nations, half of all Syrians have fled...
View ArticleHow Torture Crushed Civilian Opposition in Syria
The civil war in Syria started more than eight years ago with the Arab Spring, when civilians took to the streets to protest the authoritarian regime of President Bashar al-Assad.Then, Assad and his...
View Article#3944: Immigrant Songs
Listen to music from Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (Japan, China, Syria, Iran), along with music from The Nile Project (Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Burundi, and Egypt), as well as...
View ArticleTurkey, Syria and the Trump Administration
Ishaan Tharoor, foreign affairs writer for The Washington Post, talks about the rising tensions in the Middle East as Turkey weighs potentially invading Syria.Watching the US relationship with the...
View ArticleTurkey, Syria and the Trump Administration; Almost Time to Vote: When and On...
Coming up on today's show:Ishaan Tharoor, foreign affairs writer for The Washington Post, talks about the rising tensions in the Middle East as Turkey weighs potentially invading Syria.Gail Benjamin,...
View ArticleTrump’s Abandonment of the Kurds Appeases Erdoğan and Infuriates Republicans
Last Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan informed President Trump of his intention to launch a military offensive in northeastern Syria, in an effort to eradicate the Kurdish militias there....
View ArticleThe Latest: Pence and Pompeo Head to Syria
Yesterday, the White House announcedthat Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were headed to Syria, as part of a delegation to negotiate a ceasefire agreement.Turkish...
View ArticleLiving Underground in Syria
The documentary “The Cave,” from the Oscar-nominated Syrian director Feras Fayyad (“Last Men in Aleppo”), looks at an underground hospital outside Damascus. At the center is the young female...
View ArticleHanging In The Balance
In covering President Trump’s decision to stop protecting Kurdish fighters in Syria, press reports have focused on the Kurds as US allies and tools in fighting ISIS. This week, On the Media looks at a...
View ArticleThe Rojava Revolution In Peril
Rojava: it’s the three cantons at the top of Syria that comprise what’s more commonly referred to as “Kurdish Syria.” Each canton is governed independently but according to a shared social contract...
View ArticleAs Assad Assumed Control Over Kurdish Syria, Journalists Fled
On Thursday, barely a week after Turkish forces began to bombard Kurds in Syria, after a go-ahead and then an about-face from the American president, and after condemnation from the global community,...
View ArticleA Mother Under Siege in Syria
Syrian filmmaker Waad al-Kateab chronicles four years of living in Aleppo during wartime in the documentary diary “For Sama” (titled after her daughter). The film, directed in collaboration with Edward...
View ArticleOscar Docs: The Cave
The Brian Lehrer Show and All Of It combined forces to share these interviews with the 5 Best Feature Documentary finalists. Director Feras Fayyad joins host Alison Stewart to discuss his new...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Update; Monday Morning Politics; Syrian Refugee Crisis; Neighborhood...
On today's show: Dr. Jessica Justman, associate professor of epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, brings updates on how the new coronavirus is spreading through the city and informs...
View ArticleTrapped in Civil War, Millions Flee Syria with No Refuge
David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, joins to discuss the human toll of the ongoing Syrian Civil War as the government’s forces launched a brutal assault on a rebel...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Don’t Forget the Census!, Who Named Your NYC...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them:Don’t Forget the Census! (First) | Who Named Your NYC Neighborhood? (Starts at 25:20) | Millions Flee Syria with No Refuge (Starts...
View ArticleKinan Azmeh Cityband via The Greene Space (Live Stream)
Kinan Azmeh Cityband via The Greene Space (Live Stream)Part of Carnegie Hall’s Voices of Hope FestivalThurs., April 29. 7PM. Via YouTubeClarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh is from Syria, and the...
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