Lyse Doucet

Fighting continues in Syria, where Kurdish troops from the People's Protection Units are facing down ISIS militants in Raqqa, Syria.

Is Syria 'the war of our time, a humanitarian test of our time?'

ISIS militants are being squeezed out of their final strongholds in eastern Syria.

Is Syria 'the war of our time, a humanitarian test of our time?'
A demonstrator holds a banner with a picture of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a protest against the entry of American troops into Iraq on September 26, 2014. The words on the banner read "No No America."

A militant Iraqi cleric wants to fight ISIS without US help, and he's far from alone

A militant Iraqi cleric wants to fight ISIS without US help, and he's far from alone
Palestinians fled in a vehicle Monday from Israeli shelling in Bet Lahiya in northern Gaza Strip.

Civilians in Gaza City say nowhere is safe amidst the Israeli assault on Hamas targets

Civilians in Gaza City say nowhere is safe amidst the Israeli assault on Hamas targets
A student takes a test in Hama, Syria.  Despite the ongoing war, students in many parts of Syria are taking comprehensive exams.

Whoever hears of students being overjoyed to take final exams?

Whoever hears of students being overjoyed to take final exams?
Buildings covered with snow in Homs

The situation in Syria is awful. And that was before winter arrived

The situation in Syria is awful. And that was before winter arrived
Syrian health workers administer polio vaccination to a girl at a school in Damascus, in this file photo taken by Syria's national news agency SANA in October.

Polio adds one more heartbreak to a Syria wracked by war

Syria thought it had eradicated polio from its borders. But with its health care system crumbling under the strain of war, the country faces a new outbreak.

Polio adds one more heartbreak to a Syria wracked by war
The World

Examining the Obama-Karzai relationship

While in Afghanistan last week, President Obama met with President Hamid Karzai. The relationship between the two leaders has been shaky since allegations of fraud in Afghanistan's elections as well as corruption in the Afghan government.

Examining the Obama-Karzai relationship