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Violence erupts in Syria’s coastal region

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48:23

A nurse points to bullet holes in a window following the recent wave of violence between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad, as well as subsequent sectarian attacks, at a hospital in the town of Jableh, in Syria’s coastal region, March 10, 2025.

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Approximately a thousand people are estimated to have been killed in Syria’s coastal region after violence that followed an attack on government forces last week. Since then, members of Syria’s Alawite community have been attacked and killed. Also, economist and politician Mark Carney is named Canada’s new prime minister. And, many immigrants now fear sharing their stories in the United States. Plus, Bolivia’s administrative capital, La Paz, has the longest — and highest — cable car system in the world.

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Syria witnesses major violence in coastal region
4:39
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4:27
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4:16
Mark Carney named Canada’s prime minister
3:48
Claudia Sheinbaum’s success with Donald Trump
4:27
South African playwright who depicted apartheid and its aftermath has died
5:57
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1:07
La Paz’s cable car system — the world’s longest and highest — is cutting down commute times
Special Coverage
5:13
Immigrant storytellers in the US are afraid to take the stage
3:45
Cargo ship collides with an oil tanker in the North Sea
0:44
How scam factories in Southeast Asia reel in marks and make big bucks
7:26