In 2014, a US federal jury found four former Blackwater Worldwide contractors — Nicholas Slatten, Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, and Dustin Heard — guilty over […]
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After the Beirut blast, a family searches for their loved one as Lebanon hopes to rebuild
Michelle hasn't slept for three nights. Her husband Joe worked at the Beirut port but she hasn't heard from him since the blast. CNN's Arwa […]
Continue readingChildren bear brunt of war between Turkey and Syria
A happy song blasts from the speakers in the courtyard of a school turned into a camp for displaced people, drowning out the sound of […]
Continue readingRefugees flood Turkey’s border with Greece
Thousands of migrants are camped near Turkey's border with Greece after the Turkish government said it has "reached its capacity" for refugees. CNN's Arwa Damon […]
Continue readingFamily creates underground home to escape airstrikes in Syria
As airstrikes continue to ravage life in Syria, a family just outside of Turkey's border are living in an underground cave to stay safe. #Syria […]
Continue readingThese people are begging the world to listen to their plight
Bashar al-Assad's regime, backed by Russia, has intensified its military campaign across Idlib, Syria's last rebel-held territory. Since December 2019, the fighting has forced 850,000 […]
Continue readingMillions of Syrian children deprived of basic rights by war
A UN report focused solely on children in Syria states that five million have been displaced in the fighting, with nine years of war robbing […]
Continue readingCNN reports exclusively from air base attacked by Iran
CNN senior international correspondent Arwa Damon is the first western journalist granted access to Al-Asad air base in Baghdad following a rocket attack by Iran. […]
Continue readingVideo appears to show Iranian missiles fired into Iraq bases
Video from Iranian state media reportedly shows missiles being fired from Iran into two Iraqi military bases housing US troops in retaliation for the American […]
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