Press Releases & Announcements

Syria

July 25th, 2012

Former Syrian general: Syrian use of chemical weapons against other countries a “big bluff”

Akil Hashem, retired Syrian brigadier general, explains why he thinks President Bashar al-Assad won’t step down and why Syria cannot […]

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July 24th, 2012

Arwa Damon reports on Syria’s chemical weapons threat

CNN’s Arwa Damon appeared on Monday’s edition of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer to discuss Syria, including the Arab […]

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Ivan Watson reports from Syria’s ‘Street of Death’

CNN’s Ivan Watson visits the bullet-riddled ghost town of Atareb, Syria, where just a handful of residents remain. “My son […]

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July 18th, 2012

Explosion kills top Syrian officials in Damascus

On Wednesday’s Newsroom International, CNN’s Beirut-based correspondent Arwa Damon reports on the explosion that killed four top Syrian officials in […]

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July 17th, 2012

Arwa Damon reports on massacre in Damascus suburb

CNN obtained footage – which was smuggled out of Syria by opposition activists – that shows dozens of corpses in […]

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