White Helmets rescue a boy from death

The White Helmets, a volunteer force of rescue workers, spent hours frantically digging for life in the aftermath of an attack by the Assad regime.

• Dec 18, 2016
• 1:16

Crisis in Aleppo

Rebel forces reached a cease-fire deal Tuesday to evacuate the city of Aleppo, effectively surrendering to the Syrian government. The New Yorker contributor Ben Taub has been covering the war in Syria and he joins CBSN with more on the fall of Aleppo.

• Dec 13, 2016
• 4:57

Civilians massacred

A United Nations report said that militias supporting the Syrian government apparently executed 82 civilians in Aleppo as the remaining rebel-held areas fell. Debora Patta reports on the "complete meltdown of humanity."

• Dec 13, 2016
• 2:29

Syrian rebels cornered

The Syrian regime, backed by Russian forces, has retaken nearly all of Aleppo from rebels and is launching more airstrikes against the few holdouts. But retaking Aleppo came at a cost. ISIS took control of the ancient city of Palmyra only nine months after the Syrian regime regained it from the terror group. Debora Patta reports.

• Dec 12, 2016
• 2:17

Aleppo's fall

Syria's largest city, Aleppo, has been devastated by the country's civil war. Syrian and Russian forces appear poised to reclaim the city from U.S.-backed rebels while residents continue to flee. Debora Patta has more on the fall of the city.

• Dec 11, 2016
• 3:07

Colombia's rebirth

If the spirit of Colombians was buried by war, it has risen again at Andres Carne de Res, a restaurant-club where every night is a carnival. Owner Andres Jaramillo says the hot spot is a symbol of the country's "ability to survive."

• Dec 9, 2016
• 1:06

Ads affect civil war

Power of advertising proven in Colombian campaign that helped bring rebels out of the jungle after 52 years of civil war. Lara Logan reports on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

• Dec 8, 2016
• 1:57

11/29: Evening News

Large-scale wildfires have killed 3 in Tennessee, hospitalized 14, and caused more than 14,000 people to evacuate; An icon of altruism was given a new home in the Smithsonian, reports Jan Crawford.

• Nov 29, 2016
• 20:52

11/21: Evening News

Multiple fatalities are reported after a school bus crash in Tennessee; the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University honored "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Scott Pelley with the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism

• Nov 21, 2016
• 20:51

Bombing in Syria

In Syria, the Assad regime, with the help of Russia, is systematically destroying much of its largest city. Rebel-held eastern Aleppo is staggering under the worst bombing of the civil war, now in its sixth year. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

• Nov 21, 2016
• 1:45

Syria update

Rebel shelling killed eight school children in Aleppo on Sunday, while a barrel bomb launched by regime forces killed a family of six. The number of civilians caught in the crossfire in war-torn Syria continues to grow as hospitals have become targets. Jonathan Vigliotti has more.

• Nov 20, 2016
• 2:00

Syrian civilians under attack

In eastern Aleppo, 275,000 civilians are under attack from Syrian and Russian bombers and cut off from all aid according to the United Nations. As Elizabeth Palmer reports, the bombing looks like a deliberate campaign of terror to force civilians to flee.

• Sep 30, 2016
• 2:26

U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power

At age 42, Samantha Power became the youngest-ever U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations in 2013. Power, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former member of the National Security Council, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the Syrian civil war and North Korea's nuclear threats.

• Sep 16, 2016
• 6:08

Second day in Syria cease-fire

The cease-fire in Syria's civil war seems to be holding, but two convoys of aid for the besieged city of Aleppo are stuck just inside the Turkish border. U.N. officials say disagreements and security concerns are holding them up. Elizabeth Palmer reports, as she and her crew travel to Aleppo.

• Sep 14, 2016
• 2:01

9/10: Evening News

The man who shot president Ronald Reagan in 1981 is out of a Washington mental hospital; Nine chimpanzees are settling in to retirement in Georgia

• Sep 10, 2016
• 20:46

U.S., Russia and Syria

The United States and Russia are unlikely wartime allies and their joint plan of attack against jihadists in war-torn Syria will unfold in two phases meant to test if a marriage on the battlefield is even viable. The first phase begins Monday at sundown - the time when the Russian-backed Assad regime and the U.S.-backed rebels agreed to a reduction in violence, specifically airstrikes. Jonathan Vigliotti has the latest from our London Bureau.

• Sep 10, 2016
• 2:09

Georgetown slavery apology

Slavery has been called America's original sin. This past week, a prominent Catholic university owned up to its role in that sin and revealed how it plans to atone for it. Errol Barnett has the story.

• Sep 3, 2016
• 2:21

9/1: Evening News

Hermine has been upgraded to a hurricane and is taking aim at Florida; MIT grad students Dennis Lally and Reed Hayes are pioneering the use of virtual reality with seniors

• Sep 1, 2016
• 20:50

8/31: Evening News

Donald Trump arrived in Mexico Wednesday afternoon to meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto; Florida State University football player Travis Randolph was visiting a Florida middle school with a few of his teammates when he noticed a kid eating lunch by himself

• Aug 31, 2016
• 20:50

Flood of migrants continues

About 1,800 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, pushing the total this week above 10,000. Over four million Syrian refugees are still living precariously in the Middle East. Holly Williams has more.

• Aug 31, 2016
• 1:45

8/22: Evening News

More than 8,000 students in Miami-Dade county started the new school year Monday in the "Zika zone"; thanks to the internet, it's hard to find a brick-and-mortar bookstore where business is going well, let alone one in Midtown Manhattan

• Aug 22, 2016
• 19:57

Syrian civil war

Until now, the U.S. has merely backed Kurdish troops fighting against the Assad regime's forces in Syria's civil war. But as fighting heats up, American forces may be pulled directly into the fray. Holly Williams has more.

• Aug 22, 2016
• 2:13

8/8: Evening News

After a power outage in Atlanta, Delta Airlines' computer systems crashed; a bride who lost her father 10 years ago asked the man who received his heart to walk her down the aisle

• Aug 8, 2016
• 20:29

Aleppo in crisis

Syrian forces have surrounded Aleppo. But they haven't been able to lock it down, and rebel forces broke through government front lines over the weekend. Now the city is in danger of becoming a slaughterhouse. Debora Patta reports from inside Syria.

• Aug 8, 2016
• 2:03

Morell on Syria

Michael Morell, former number two at the CIA, spoke with "CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose about the civil war in Syria. He suggested the United States should support more aggressive action by Syrian rebels.

• Aug 8, 2016
• 0:53

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