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Life inside a Syrian refugee camp
Dr. Rajiv Shah tells Christiane Amanpour about his visit to one of the refugee camps for Syrians in Jordan.
Treating the children at an Aleppo hospital
By Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
Aleppo, Syria (CNN) - They are so used to seeing blood outside Dar alShifa hospital, the magnet of all suffering in Aleppo, that passersby simply walk over it, oblivious. When they mop out the building's tiny reception area, the blood runs in small, dirty streams into the gutters. This is a hospital trying to get by day-to-day while lacking the most basic in supplies. It has itself been hit by shelling: two separate attacks have left its right side punctured with gaping holes in what was once the maternity ward.
One afternoon, a rush of the most frail and vulnerable come towards the exhausted doctors; children, some suffering from sheer terror. One is malnourished. They have cuts, bruises - but more often much worse. The government has, the doctors say, closed the main children's hospital owing to a paperwork issue, so this is where they must come.
Mohamed is aged eight and was hit by shrapnel from regime shelling in his right leg. It shattered his femur. In Europe, surgery would mean he's playing football again within months, but here a list of precarious challenges form. He remains quiet, brave, patient almost, as the doctors work out what to do. FULL POST
Turkish PM: U.S. elections hampering Syria action
Part 1: Exclusive interview w/ Turkey PM
Part 1 of Christiane Amanpour's exclusive interview with Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan.
Part 2: Exclusive interview w/ Turkey PM
Part 2 of Christiane Amanpour's exclusive interview with Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan.
See more of Christiane Amanpour's interview with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday at 2100 CET, 2300 CET, 1700 HKT and 2200 HKT on CNN International's "Amanpour" program or here at Amanpour.com
(CNN) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the United States is "lacking of initiative" on Syria and suggested that could be because of the upcoming U.S. election.
During a wide-ranging interview in Istanbul with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Erdogan discussed the 18-month crisis in Syria and touched on a number of other topics, including Iran's suspected nuclear program.
"Right now, there are certain things being expected from the United States. The United States had not yet catered to those expectations," the prime minister said when asked whether he was surprised the United States is not offering anything but "nonlethal support" to the opposition.
"Maybe it's because of the elections - maybe it's because of the pre-election situation in the States. Might be the root cause of the lacking of initiative. Nobody has spoken to us about their reasons, and they are not obliged to state anything. We are very thankful and pleased they have stated that they're against this regime," he said through a translator. FULL POST
China: An opportunity for the U.S.
Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman on America positioning its relationship with China.
Is Iran's nuclear program 'brisk walk' or 'sprint'?
By Samuel Burke, CNN
Reports that Iran is drawing still closer to nuclear weapons capability are ratcheting up the already high tensions between Israel and its ally the United States.
According to the latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has doubled the number of centrifuges it has installed underneath a mountain at the Fordo complex, beyond the reach of an Israeli attack.
Karim Sadjadpour, an expert on Iran at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, says there are two ways of looking at that report.
“One is that Iran has made some forward progress. But another way of looking at it is that Iran’s approach has been fairly deliberate and mindful of not wanting to cross certain red lines that could trigger military action.”
But Israeli officials have publically stated they believe Iran is ramming ahead. FULL POST
Learning about Morsy’s Egypt
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy's visit to Iran and his statements on Syria give insight into his leadership.
Respected former U.S. Senator: ‘What a nuthouse’
By Samuel Burke, CNN
Austerity, debt, taxes growth – those aren’t just the words to describe the eurozone crisis, they’re the critical issues driving the U.S. Presidential campaign
President Obama tried an age-old Washington D.C. trick to break the political logjam in 2010: he appointed a commission called "Simpson Bowles," – after its bipartisan chairmen – to come up with a proposal to balance the budget and cut the debt. And they did. But it went nowhere when it came to implementation. And the only thing both political parties agree on is that it's the other's party’s fault.
On Wednesday night Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan said, “[Obama] created a bipartisan debt commission. They came back with an urgent report. He thanked them, sent them on their way, and then did exactly nothing.”
Ryan failed to mention he served on the Simpson Bowles Commission and voted against the plan. The failure to act on the proposal is symbol of the incredible partisanship in Washington D.C. FULL POST
Dissecting Assad’s state of mind
Everything's just fine in Syria, at least according to President Bashar al-Assad, who appeared in an extensive interview on Syrian television Wednesday.
Assad looked relaxed as he sat down with a reporter from a pro-regime network, Al Addounia, which means "the world."
He gave the impression that despite the ongoing violence, he and his regime have everything under control. FULL POST
Pro-choice woman explains why she’s still a Republican
By Samuel Burke, CNN
“Republicans are for getting government out of the board room, so they should be for getting the government out of the bedroom,” says Ann Stone from the floor of her party’s convention in Florida. She is the chairwoman of a group called Republicans for Choice.
Talking with CNN’s Ali Velshi about abortion on Wednesday, Stone said, “If we really, truly believe [in] individual rights, this is a position that is totally antithetical to everything else the Republican Party stands for.”
The subject of abortion blew the doors off the American presidential race last week, when Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin laid out his thoughts about abortion in the case of rape. Akin said, “If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”
Akin comments reverberate worldwide
“That man is a class in and of himself,” Stone says dismissively. “This is not real science. And Akin actually believes this stuff.” FULL POST
How Mitt Romney sees the world
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