U.N. demands evacuation of civilians from Homs

Head of observers' mission says neither Syrian forces nor rebels are holding fire to allow evacuation

• Jun 17, 2012

Sunday Journal: Mediterranean elections

Clarissa Ward reports from Greece on an election that will decide how the country will deal with their massive debt and unemployment; Then, Alan Pizzey reports from Egypt where the rebels of the Arab Spring feel disenfranchised as they feel their choices in the presidential election aren't what they had hoped and fought for.

• Jun 17, 2012
• 3:28

U.N. observers suspend operations in Syria

In Syria, escalating violence has forced the United Nations to suspend observer operations across the country. Charlie D'Agata reports on the latest setback to an ill-starred mission.

• Jun 16, 2012
• 1:41

U.N. observers in Syria suspend patrols

Escalating bloodshed prompts halt to observers' activities, a sign that international peace plan is disintegrating

• Jun 16, 2012

Voting begins in Egypt's presidential runoff

Choice is between prime minister from Mubarak regime and Islamist and comes amid concerns election rigged against Islamist

• Jun 16, 2012

Russia: No talks on Syria's future without Assad

Moscow denies "political conspiracies" of regime change; U.N. official says spike in violence derailing Observers' mission

• Jun 15, 2012

Egypt's democratic renaissance erased in a day

16 months after it started, Egypt's transition to democracy is back where it began: In the hands of military rulers

• Jun 15, 2012

Syrian conflict's impact on children

Kieran Dwyer, chief spokesman of the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations, spoke with CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk on how the conflict in Syria is affecting the children caught in the middle of the violence.

• Jun 14, 2012
• 1:59

"Stench of death" in abandoned Syria town of al-Haffeh

Kieran Dwyer, chief spokesman of the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations, spoke with CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk on what U.N. observers in Syria found when they arrived at the deserted town of al-Haffeh.

• Jun 14, 2012
• 1:34

Escalating violence holding U.N. observers back

Kieran Dwyer, chief spokesman of the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations, spoke with CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk on how the escalating violence in Syria is threatening the security of U.N. observers touring the country.

• Jun 14, 2012
• 1:42

U.S. blames Russia in handling Syrian crisis

The Obama administration has singled out Russia not only for its support of Syrian President Assad, but also for continuing to sell the regime weapons. Norah O'Donnell reports.

• Jun 13, 2012
• 1:47

Tunisia's Ben Ali jailed for crackdown

Ex-president, ousted in Arab Spring, convicted of inciting violence when forces opened fire on protestors, given 20 years

• Jun 13, 2012

U.N. official: Syria is in civil war

The U.N.'s chief peacekeeper says Syria has slipped into civil war and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Russia is making things worse by supplying helicopters to the Syrian army. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer reports.

• Jun 13, 2012
• 1:34

Lawyer: Mubarak fears prison doctors want him dead

Amid conflicting reports about health of former Egyptian leader, Mubarak said to fear prison doctors are out to kill him

• Jun 12, 2012

U.N. tours Syria city turned war zone

Few western journalists have been able to get inside Syria; but Elizabeth Palmer drove to the center of the conflict in the area near the city of Homs after U.N. observers declared the escalating violence as a full scale civil war.

• Jun 12, 2012
• 3:11

Driving through Syria's unofficial civil war

CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer drives through scenes of utter devastation north of Homs as fighting intensifies

• Jun 12, 2012

Officials: Defibrillator used twice on Mubarak

Former Egyptian leader's health apparently failing since being sentenced to life in prison

• Jun 11, 2012

Hosni Mubarak

The autocratic Egyptian president ruled his nation for three decades before being deposed by massive Arab Spring protests

• Jun 11, 2012
• 45 photos

Syrian city of Homs turned into war zone

Elizabeth Palmer spoke to Scott Pelley from inside Syria after touring the city of Homs and describes what the situation on the ground looks like where the opposition has been mounting offenses against Syrian forces.

• Jun 11, 2012
• 2:22

Syrian opposition rallies to a new leader

After months of discord, Syria's opposition attempts to unite around a secular Kurd, Abdulbaset Sieda, a longtime exile

• Jun 10, 2012

Intense shelling of Syrian city kills 15

Activists report Assad troops' assault on southern city of Daraa; Shooting and explosions also reported in Damascus

• Jun 9, 2012

Rebels battle Syrian forces in Damascus

Anti-Assad fighters battle regime forces in capital, marking increased boldness by rebels

• Jun 9, 2012

War crimes court says 4 staff held in Libya

Staffers are part of an official mission sent to meet with the imprisoned son of deposed dictator Muammar Qaddafi

• Jun 9, 2012

Syrian regime deploying armed thugs

In its effort to crush the rebellion, the Syrian government not only unleashes the Syrian Army, but the regime is also known to deploy the Shabiha - armed thugs loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Whit Johnson reports.

• Jun 9, 2012
• 1:49

Syrian fighting closes in on Damascus

The death toll in Syria continues to rise. More civilians have been reported killed as the widening conflict has reached Damascus. Elizabeth Palmer was there.

• Jun 9, 2012
• 3:08

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