Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Video

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As a waitress in Tel Aviv, Kinneret Boosany was almost killed in a suicide bomb attack. Here she tells Kevin how she went from tearful desperation to finding joy in just being alive.

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Professor Avi Rivkind is head of the surgery and trauma units at Israel's Hadassah Medical Center. Here he reflects on a case that particularly affected him.

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Syria faces intense political trouble with Lebanon, a confrontation with the U.S. over Iraq and a crisis about its role in the Arab world. But Syria's greatest challenge may be with itself.

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Vendors at the Souk al-Hamediyeh bazaar in old Damascus say business has fallen off recently, as Syria's political problems continue to fester. But the atmosphere in the bazaar and surrounding squares remains vibrant.

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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.

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On a rare visit by a Western reporter, Syrian troops are dug in along the border with Iraq, but officers don't give interviews. Despite the show of force, the U.S. questions Syria's effectiveness at stemming the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq.

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After four years in prison Riad Seif returns to his Damascus home. A member of parliament when he was arrested during a crackdown on the emerging "Damascus Spring" democratic movement, Seif says he's going to keep pressuring the regime to change.

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Despite the current political climate, many Syrians party the night away at bars and clubs around Damascus. At the Mar Mar club DJs spin techno, house and funk music long into the night.

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The sounds of a heavy metal band; guys slamming and jamming on the basketball court; even an innovative methadone and needle exchange program for heroin addicts: these are not the images you'd normally associate with Iran.

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Armenian Bishop Sebouh Sarkissian of the Archdiocese of Tehran refuses to see his people identified as a religious minority in Iran. "Armenians have been living here for centuries ¿ we are citizens of this country," he says.

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Iran's Armenian Christian minority parties the night away, free to celebrate New Year's Eve in Tehran. There is music, dancing, even liquor. Indeed, some Iranian Muslims even complain this minority sees more freedoms than they do.

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It's New Year's Eve at St. Sarkis church in downtown Tehran. Near midnight the halls fill will song, the candlelit room bathed in a warm glow. The Armenian Christian minority in Iran is surprisingly free to celebrate religiously.

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Kahan Mohammed plays a "ghejak," a traditional stringed instrument a little like a violin, on a Tehran sidewalk.

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Ali Aughar Moosavi has been collecting and selling records since the 70s, in a nation where western music has been banned on two separate occasions since then. He has thousands of classics, from Pink Floyd to Iron Butterfly.

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HIV is a problem Iran can no longer afford to ignore. Over 12,000 are infected, including Abdullah and Zoreh (their faces are obscured to protect their identity). Meanwhile, Iran's top AIDS expert battles the problem.

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Inside a Tehran drug clinic, a recovering addict describes his pain and a doctor pushes progressive solutions: methadone and needle exchange under one roof.

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In the mountains surrounding Tehran, Kevin Sites caught up with a group of Iranian youth. The candid talk ranged from the new hardline administration's policies to the Iranian perception of America.

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In this Hot Zone exclusive, key Iranian parliamentarian and spokesman for the Foreign Policy and National Security Committee, Kazem Jalali, talks to Kevin Sites about Iran's nuclear research plans, and relations with the West.

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The Iranian government's ban on western music means bands like the rock group "Mine" cannot perform in public. As the group rehearses in drummer Eshan Nabavi's bedroom, guitarist Amir Tehrani discusses the band's passion.

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You can tell a lot about a people by the things they buy and sell. At this flea market held every Friday in a Tehran parking garage, visitors find a mixture of the expected and unexpected.

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Kevin Sites joins a street basketball game in downtown Tehran. Politics don't matter here -- only the ability to bring your "A" game. Did Kevin bring his? You decide.

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Syrian troops are gone, but the spate of murders of anti-Syrian lawmakers and journalists has continued. Meanwhile the country's political web remains tangled, as Kevin Sites reports from Beirut.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Wherever the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team of the 101st Airborne Division goes, they make an impact. They're responsible for finding insurgent weaponry and blowing it up.

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In south Sudan, medical help comes in the back of a pickup truck. For the war-ravaged population, malaria tests and inoculations from the IRC's mobile health clinic can mean the difference between life and death.

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In a ragtag collection of camouflage and street clothes, Sudan People's Liberation Army troops march in south Sudan. What it lacks in style the SPLA makes up for in resolve. And the army won't hesitate to fight anew if peace in south Sudan fails.

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In war-torn northern Uganda, practically the entire population is at risk for HIV. Men, women and children of all ages go to St. Joseph's hospital in Kitgum for testing.

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U.S. helicopters attacked this Mogadishu building in 1993, during a meeting of Somali clan elders. Kevin tours the wreckage.

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Ride with Kevin in the back of his security team's truck on the way to Mogadishu

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Maria Osman describes the day a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter fell on her daughter, crushing her to death.