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Must Syria’s Assad be part of the west’s fight against IS?
With America’s most senior general calling for the military offensive against Islamic State to be broadened, some are asking if our enemy’s enemy – Syria’s President Assad – should now be our friend.
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Why the US will not work with Assad to battle IS
State Department Deputy Spokeswoman Marie Harf says that the US will not work with Assad to fight IS. “Isis has been able to grow strong in Syria in Iraq because Assad has allowed them to grow.”
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Make metal, not war: ‘We are the ambassadors of peace’
Israeli band Orphaned Land are the winners of Metal Hammer’s global metal band award – and are accepting it with Palestinian band Khalas. Their singer tells Channel 4 News metal is the music of peace.
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Has Assad infiltrated rebel forces inside Syria?
Hundreds of foreigners could unknowingly be fighting for President Assad following reports of a deal struck between the regime and extremist group Isis.
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Syria President Assad in rare public appearance
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad makes a rare public appearance as he visits a recently recaptured Christian town. State television reported that presidential elections will take place on 3 June.
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Former US ambassador to UN calls for military deterrence
The former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton tells Channel 4 News that sanctions against Russian would be ineffective and calls for the United States and its allies to flex some military muscle.
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Ambassador: ‘I apologise to the people of Ukraine’
Volodymyr Khandogiy, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, tells Jonathan Rugman that the deaths in the streets over the last few days would not have happened without President Yanukovych’s blessing.
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Syria: Assad regime ‘wiping neighbourhoods off the map’
Bashar al-Assad’s government has demolished thousands of homes in an attack on Syria’s civilian population, says a report from Human Rights Watch.
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‘The keys of Damascus’: Assad draws red line on Syria
The Syrian opposition says the government has failed to address President Bashar al-Assad’s political future at peace talks in Geneva.
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Syria’s rebel groups fighting Assad – clickable graphic
Progress at the Geneva II conference may be undermined by the fact that many of the opposition fighting groups in Syria are not represented at the talks. Our graphic explains who those groups are.
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Assad ‘not giving up power’ in Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he has no intention of giving up power and the issue is not up for discussion, accordng to reports.
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Palestinian ambassador dies in Prague blast
The Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic is killed in what police say was probably an accidental explosion at his residence in the Czech capital.
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Syrian rebels come together in battle with Assad
Six of Syria’s largest Islamist rebel factions form a new alliance in the fight against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, as bombardment continues in Damascus.
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Germany to quiz US ambassador over phone spying row
The German government has received information suggesting the United States may have monitored the chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone and are demanding an immediate clarification.
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Assad: anybody can make sarin – but Syria will dispose arms
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he is committed to destroying his country’s chemical weapons but it will take about a year to do so.