Secunder Kermani is an award-winning journalist and a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
He is one of the few foreign journalists to have reported inside rebel-held territory in Myanmar, where a brutal civil war is raging, and also recently interviewed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan after his release from jail.
Since joining Channel 4 News last year, he has covered major stories in Brazil, Israel and the Palestinian Territories and Japan. Secunder was previously the BBC’s Pakistan and Afghanistan Correspondent where he played a leading role in covering the rise to power of the Taliban.
Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee.
It’s been more than a month since Israel began its offensive in Rafah targeting, it says, Hamas’ remaining battalions.
Facing an unprecedented assault by a loose coalition of rebel forces, the Myanmar army has introduced a new conscription order to boost its depleted forces – increasing public anger and sending thousands fleeing the country.
Myanmar’s military has long dominated the country’s political life, but now faces its most sustained threat ever.
Myanmar has long been dominated by the country’s powerful military.
When Myanmar’s military junta seized power in a coup three years ago, young protesters took to the streets. They picked up arms when the soldiers opened fire.
Fleeing Palestinians gunned down despite waving white flags, buildings flattened with whole families inside – the Israeli army has been widely condemned for its conduct in Gaza. Israel blames Hamas for hiding behind civilians, and for starting the conflict with its October 7th attack. It’s rare to hear from soldiers who’ve served on the ground,…
The Jewish festival of Passover – celebrating the freedom of Hebrew slaves – takes place this week with over 130 hostages taken on October 7th still missing, a bloody war taking more and more Palestinian lives in Gaza, peace talks at stalemate and Israel’s Prime Minister vows more attacks on Hamas. Today, two senior Israeli…
An Israeli airstrike in Rafah in southern Gaza has killed at least nine people, including children.
After days of tension and calls for calm, Israel’s response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile strike appeared carefully calibrated to avert a wider war.
Iran’s President has warned that the tiniest attack by Israel will provoke a massive and harsh response. The rhetoric and the drums of war are getting louder. It’s not a question of if, it’s when and what Israel decides to attack. We understand Israel’s guidance to its allies is that its action will be “narrow…
As the world waits to see how Israel will respond to Iran’s attack, in Gaza, the bloodshed continues.
Israel’s war cabinet has been meeting again today as it debates how to respond to Iran’s unprecedented missile barrage on Saturday night. Will the government here heed President Biden’s advice to ‘take the win’ following the successful downing of the majority of the 300 missiles that Iran fired towards it Speaking this evening to soldiers…
Israel is on high alert tonight amid warnings of an imminent attack by Iran in retaliation for last week’s killing of senior Iranian commanders in Damascus.
The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, says three of his sons and some of his grandchildren have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.