Mideast Conflict Video

Amani Al Hissi was seven when she was hit by a tear gas grenade during Israeli-Palestinian fighting in Gaza. Four years later she was completely blind. But in the years since, her imagination has blossomed.

Dr. Raed Arini, a thoracic surgeon, volunteers his expertise on the front lines of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza. Risking his own life, he often heads to the scene of battle to treat casualties.

Upon news of casualties in Gaza, concerned Palestinians flood the Kamal Odwan hospital morgue. It's a highly emotional scene in which some will be relieved, some devastated.

In a country where they assume the regime is always listening, Syrian students speak carefully. But in this tea-house discussion, they express passionately their views on issues such as the war in Iraq and Syria's relations with Lebanon.

After a 15-year exile in France, former Prime Minister Michel Aoun has returned to Lebanon. Kevin Sites interviews him about the unlikely alliances he is forging with pro-Syrian groups such as Hezbollah.

Alleyways are cramped; tangled knots of electrical wire hang overhead; homes are crumbling. Hope seems hard to find in this Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, but Fadi Mohammed still finds it.

Lebanese army patrols are a common sight in Beirut's streets. Amid a series of murders against critics of Syria, many Lebanese fear the country is again becoming a regional pawn.

Kevin Sites sits down in Beirut's Martyr's Square with a group of Lebanese students, who are protesting Syrian influence. Amid the anicient ruins they debate the future of Lebanon.