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NBC's Richard Engel back to Syria after kidnapping

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel is back quickly and safely from his first trip to Syria since he and his team were kidnapped and held captive there last December. Full story

Obama administration rethinks arming rebels

   In an exclusive interview with NBC’s Richard Engel, the rebel military leader, the White House is counting on  to defeat both the Assad regime and prevail over more radical rebel groups says the evidence is clear that Assad’s forces used chemical weapons. Engel joins to discuss.

Examining the Boston suspects’ international ties

   NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel talks about the Boston bombing suspects’ international ties. He also explains what residents cheering authorities after the second suspect was captured showed the world.

Boston bomber capture a blow to terror globally

   Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about the likely interrogation of Marathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and how the public celebration of the law enforcement victory in this case undermines what would have been a bragging point for recruiters of t

Authorities looking at suspects’ ‘digital footprints’

   As officers are engaged in a manhunt in Boston, Mass., for one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, Richard Engel reports on what counterterrorism experts are doing behind the scenes to get an idea of “who these people might be” and who, if anyone, they could be working for.

Counterterrorism officials investigate possible jihadi ties

   NBC’s Richard Engel reports that officials are examining possible links between the Boston bombers and the Islamic Jihad Union of central Asia.       

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NBC's Richard Engel reports the latest from Soeul, South Korea. and tries to explain all the saber rattling from the North.

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NBC's producer Ghazi Balkiz, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and cameraman John Kooistra
NBC's producer Ghazi Balkiz, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and cameraman John Kooistra

NBC's producer Ghazi Balkiz, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and cameraman John Kooistra on December 17, 2012 after being held captive in Syria.

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Richard Engel
Handout photo of Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News
Handout photo of Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News

Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters December 18, 2012. Engel and his crew - producer Ghazi Balkiz and camera man John Kooistra - were freed December 18, 2012 after being held by kidnappers for five days in Syria. REUT