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NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin answers your questions about Syria
Rebels and regime forces continue their fight to control Syria’s largest city. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
ANTAKYA, Turkey – The conflict in Syria continues to escalate as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels fiercely battle over the country’s biggest city of Aleppo.
NBC News’ Ayman Mohyeldin has been in and out of Syria several times throughout the ongoing …
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NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin answers reader questions from Syria
The Syrian government says the country is being attacked by extremists but some civilians say the only armed gangs in the city are the security forces. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
NBC News’ Ayman Mohyeldin is one of the few Western reporters currently in Damascus, Syria. Earlier today he answered reader questions about the ongoing uprising against President Bashar …
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NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin answers your questions about Syria
Syria’s defense minister and President Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law were killed in a Damascus bomb attack Wednesday, state TV reported. It appears to be the most serious blow to Assad’s regime in the country’s 16-month-old rebellion. However no footage of the attack has emerged yet.
How significant is the attack? What does it mean for the future Assad regime? Or the Syrian …
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NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin answers Syria questions
Opposition activists said the Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession, killing at least 21 people on Monday. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Damascus, Syria.
Syria has been locked in a violent conflict between President Bashar Assad’s regime and civilian forces for over 14 months. The Assad regime’s crackdown on the popular uprising has left thousands …
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For Bassem Youssef, Egypt’s ‘Jon Stewart,’ satire is no laughing matter
To fans of controversial Egyptian comedian and TV host Bassem Youssef, he’s “a pioneer” and “one of the funniest guys in Cairo.” To his critics, he’s an incendiary force who insults Islam under the guise of free speech. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
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To fans of controversial Egyptian comedian and …
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Clinton heads to Mideast on peace mission, Hamas remains defiant
NBC’s Chuck Todd reports on new developments in the Gaza-Israel conflict in the last 24 hours, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Israel, the West Bank and Egypt in an effort to promote a cease-fire.
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Updated at 1:06 p.m. ET: Egyptian officials say talks are ongoing to reach a truce in Gaza, NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports, …
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Talks under way on possible Gaza truce as Secretary Clinton heads to the region
NBC’s Chuck Todd reports on new developments in the Gaza-Israel conflict in the last 24 hours, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Israel, the West Bank and Egypt in an effort to promote a cease-fire.
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Updated at 1:15 p.m. ET: Egyptian officials said talks are ongoing to reach a truce in Gaza, although any agreement appears …
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‘Situation is desperate’ at makeshift hospitals on Syrian-Turkish border
Everyday more wounded Syrian rebels are brought in to Turkey and treated in border hospitals run by Syrian doctors and volunteers. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
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ANTAKYA, Turkey – It’s mid-afternoon, and in the basement of a non-descript residential building in a small town on the Turkish side of the border with Syria, volunteers are busy packing …
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Syrians flee to northern Lebanon
Syrian refugees wait for their turn to receive humanitarian aid at the entrance of an NGO in the area of Wadi Khaled on the Lebanese-Syrian border in northern Lebanon on Feb. 26, 2012.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon – They are just 55 miles away, but for Syrian refugees now in Tripoli, Lebanon, couldn’t be more different.
We spent a cold and rainy day in …
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How Anthony Shadid shaped my life and work
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In this Feb. 2, 2011 photo provided by The New York Times, Times journalist Anthony Shadid, middle right, interviews residents of Embaba, a lower class Cairo neighborhood, during the Egyptian revolution.
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Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict, …
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Egyptians see remarkable year not living up to its potential
On the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s regime, hundreds of thousands poured into the revolution’s symbolic center, Cairo’s Tahrir Square. NBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
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Temporary monuments are erected in Tahrir Square on Wednesday as …
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