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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Syrian Rebels Release Iranian Captives In Prison Swap

Comments (0) | Al Assad, al-Baraa brigade, Bashar al-Assad, Bashar Assad, Damascus, International, Iranian ambassador to Syria, Iranian captive release, Iranian captives, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Reza Sheibani, Prison swap, Qatar, Syria, Syrian National Coalition, Syrian rebels, Turkey, Turkish humanitarian group

Chima Simone
Executive Producer

Freed Iranians arrived in Damascus Wednesday.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Assad Calls On Syrians To Defend Country, Ignores Calls For Resignation

Comments (4) | Al Qaeda, Al Qaida, al-qaida, Bashar Al Assad, Bashar al-Assad, Bashar Assad, Damascus, International, Kamal Labwani, National Opposition Coalition, Rima Fleihan, Syria, Syrian National Coalition, un, United Nations

A Syrian independence flag painted on a wall (Creative Commons).

Agnus Dei Farrant
Executive Producer

The UN estimated at least 60,000 people have been killed in the conflict.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Putin No Longer Supports Assad

Comments (0) | assad, Assad regime, Bashar al-Assad, Bashar Assad, International, President Assad, President Bashar al-Assad, putin, russia, Syria, Syrian rebels, syrian uprising, vladimir putin

Paige Brettingen
Executive Producer

The Russian president admitted on Thursday that Syria "needs change."

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Syria's President Assad Losing Control To Rebels

Comments (5) | Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Barshar Al-Assad, Bashar Al Assad, Bashar Assad, Friends of Syria, International, NATO, President Obama, Syria, Syria coalition groups, Syrian rebels, Syrian regime, syrian uprising

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Paige Brettingen
Executive Producer

Syrian coalition groups are pleased to gain further recognition from the U.S.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Turkey Claims They Don't Want War With Syria

Comments (0) | al-Assad, assad, attack on syria, Bashar Assad, Diplomatic Immunity Turkey, Free Syria Army, International, Syrian war, turkish artillery, turkish dead, Turkish war with Syria, war on syria

Michael Juliani
Executive Producer

Despite escalating violence, Turkey says no war.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Turkey Fires On Syria Following Mortar Attack

Comments (0) | Bashar Al Assad, Bashar Assad, International, Syria, Syria civil war, syria conflict, syria crisis, Syria Mortar Attack Turkey, Syria Turkey War, Turkey, Turkey Fires On Syria, Turkey Syria War, Video, World News

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Sarah Parvini
Senior News Editor

The attack is in retaliation to the death of five Turkish civilians.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Syria After Assad's Fall Would Lead To More Strife

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Michael Juliani
Assistant News Editor

The Free Syrian Army contains many subdivisions with specific agendas.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Syrian Rebels Claim To Take Military Airbase

Comments (1) | Bashar al-Assad, Bashar Assad, government, International, Lakhdar Brahimi, Military, opposition, Syria

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Catherine Green
Executive Producer

If true, the attack is the third of its kind in recent days.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Assad Gives New Television Interview

Comments (0) | aleppo, Assad interview, Bashar Assad, Damascus, Free Syrian Army, International, refugees, Syria, Syrian civil war, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Michael Juliani
Executive Producer

He described the Syrian situation as a "global" war.  

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Assad's Forces Launch New Offensive On Aleppo

Comments (0) | aleppo, Bashar Assad, Free Syrian Army, International, Syria

Michael Juliani
Executive Producer

News of the outcome of the attack remains unclear.

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