Life may look normal in the capital but aid worker sees the toll of war on people’s faces

Life may look normal in the capital but aid worker sees the toll of war on people’s faces.

• Mar 30, 2015
• 2:24

Meeting the needs of refugees has become a struggle in a country where roughly one in four inhabitants are displaced Syrians

Meeting the needs of refugees has become a struggle in a country where roughly one in four inhabitants are displaced Syrians.

• Mar 30, 2015
• 4:05

Charlie Rose interviews the Syrian dictator as a four-year-old civil war drags on in which his regime has been accused of devastating attacks on civilians

Charlie Rose interviews the Syrian dictator as a four-year-old civil war drags on in which his regime has been accused of devastating attacks on civilians.

• Mar 29, 2015
• 13:34

Watch the full interview Sunday on 60 Minutes

As Syria enters the fifth year of its civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad granted rare access, a year and a half after his last conversation with "CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose. Their meeting Thursday in Damascus came amid reports of a new chlorine gas attack in a town where six people may have been killed from the poison this month. Watch the full interview Sunday on 60 Minutes.

• Mar 27, 2015
• 3:22

As the Syrian conflict hits the 4-year mark, CBS News' Clarissa Ward reflects on the evolution of the country's civil war

As the Syrian conflict hits the 4-year mark, CBS News' Clarissa Ward reflects on the evolution of the country's civil war.

• Mar 17, 2015
• 5:57

A group monitoring Syria's civil war posted video showing victims who appear to be suffocating

A group monitoring Syria's civil war posted video showing victims who appear to be suffocating. CBS News cannot confirm the use of chemical weapons. Syria has denied it in the past. President Obama has said their use would cross a "red line." Clarissa Ward reports on the details of the attack.

• Mar 17, 2015
• 1:14

New photos show Syrian civilians using double decker buses to create a barricade as protection from government forces

New photos show Syrian civilians using double decker buses to create a barricade as protection from government forces.

• Mar 16, 2015
• 0:14

When the Assad regime explodes barrel bombs -- the damage is devastating

When the Assad regime explodes barrel bombs -- the damage is devastating. But undeterred by the onslaught of attacks are a group of volunteers known as the White Helmets. As Clarissa Ward reports, these brave souls have proven pivotal in helping the people of Syria after bomb attacks.

• Mar 16, 2015
• 2:23

Secretary of State John Kerry says that the U.S. will need to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “in the end” in order to resolve the bloody civil war there

Secretary of State John Kerry says that the U.S. will need to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “in the end” in order to resolve the bloody civil war there. Also, Susan Page of USA Today, Peter Baker of The New York Times, John Heilemann of Bloomberg Politics and Dana Milbank of the Washington Post discuss whether this is a change in U.S. policy that Assad must immediately resign.

• Mar 15, 2015
• 1:57

CBS News homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues and CBS News senior national security analyst Juan Zarate discuss the trend of Western youth being inspired by ISIS online to travel to Syria and participate in conflict

CBS News homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues and CBS News senior national security analyst Juan Zarate discuss the trend of Western youth being inspired by ISIS online to travel to Syria and participate in conflict.

• Mar 10, 2015
• 4:40

CBS News correspondent Holly Williams traveled to Syria, where a small group of villagers have given up their day jobs in order to fight back against ISIS

CBS News correspondent Holly Williams traveled to Syria, where a small group of villagers have given up their day jobs in order to fight back against ISIS. Williams met one woman who says she used to be an elementary school teacher before becoming a sniper on the front lines.

• Feb 4, 2015
• 3:21

CBS News senior security contributor and former CIA deputy director Michael Morell joins "CBS This Morning"

As Jordan responds to the ISIS execution of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath Al-Kaseasbeh, CBS News senior security contributor and former CIA deputy director Michael Morell joins "CBS This Morning" to give insight on effective responses to ISIS.

• Feb 4, 2015
• 2:20

Haider al-Abadi said that his country has paid a heavy price for the war due to the rise of ISIS

In a discussion with Charlie Rose at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that he is pessimistic about the conflict in Syria and that his country has paid a heavy price for the war due to the rise of ISIS. Senior Producer, Lulu Chiang; Digital Journalist Gilad Thaler.

• Jan 23, 2015
• 1:36

The Italian Coast Guard rescued more than 400 migrants left stranded at sea after their traffickers abandoned ship

The Italian Coast Guard rescued more than 400 migrants left stranded at sea after their traffickers abandoned ship. This is the second time this week that the Italian Coast Guard has found a vessel packed with migrants, many of whom are believed to be Syrians desperate to leave their war-torn country.

• Jan 2, 2015
• 1:40

Eyewitness accounts and video from inside the besieged city of Homs offer a rare and disturbing window into the cruel realities of the Syrian civil war

Eyewitness accounts and video from inside the besieged city of Homs offer a rare and disturbing window into the cruel realities of the Syrian civil war. Bob Simon reports.

• Dec 13, 2014
• 13:43

Ossama Mohammed, director of “Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait,” says the Assad regime considered anyone with a camera an enemy

Ossama Mohammed, director of “Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait,” says the Assad regime considered anyone with a camera an enemy.

• Dec 14, 2014
• 0:54

Bob Simon, accustomed to being on the front lines, tells the story of a brutal civil war through the eyes of filmmakers inside Syria

Bob Simon, accustomed to being on the front lines, tells the story of a brutal civil war through the eyes of filmmakers inside Syria.

• Dec 14, 2014
• 6:08

A critical program providing food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees has been suspended due to a funding crisis

A critical program providing food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees has been suspended due to a funding crisis. "60 Minutes" producer Nicole Young explains.

• Dec 2, 2014
• 4:27

Scott Pelley reports as hundreds of Syrian families pour into Jordan after fleeing 300 miles through "no man's land" desert

Scott Pelley reports as hundreds of Syrian families pour into Jordan after fleeing 300 miles through "no man's land" desert. Watch Pelley's full report, "War and Hunger."

• Nov 30, 2014
• 1:18

At least 6 reportedly killed as Syrian regime shells a hospital

Activists and aid workers say attack on hospital in Aleppo province is 5th strike against a health facility this year by Bashar Assad's forces or his Russian allies.

• Mar 22, 2021

Education was a lifeline for this Syrian immigrant. Now he's helping others.

"I am very fortunate to be alive, to be sitting here and talking about it," says Majid Abdulsamad, who started a new life in the U.S. and how helps others do the same.

• Mar 15, 2021

Why Syria's civil war is still a "living nightmare" after 10 years

Many hoped the uprising against Bashar Assad would oust him quickly. 400,000 lives later and with no end to the suffering in sight, he's planning a reelection bid.

• Mar 15, 2021

Syrian refugees at "breaking point" after 10 years of civil war

Ammar Haj's family are just surviving as refugees in Jordan, but with child labor, sexual violence and suicide attempts rising - and hope fading - they're may be the lucky ones.

• Mar 10, 2021

Syrian president and wife catch COVID as war mires pandemic response

Spokesman says Bashar Assad, whose regime has been crippled by a decade of war and international sanctions, is "in good health" as vaccinations get staggering start.

• Mar 8, 2021

The evidence of Assad and his regime's legacy of war crimes

Assad and his regime may never be prosecuted for the acts of terror he perpetrated against his own people during Syria's civil war. Scott Pelley reports on the effort to gather and maintain the evidence against Assad.

• Feb 21, 2021

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