Why US foreign policy is like ‘smoking without inhaling’
To America, the Middle East is like a balloon. If you squeeze it in one corner it will bulge in another. You just can’t be sure where.
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Britain could recall of parliament to discuss military action in the Middle East after David Cameron warns the fight against Islamic State was one the UK “could not opt out of”.
To America, the Middle East is like a balloon. If you squeeze it in one corner it will bulge in another. You just can’t be sure where.
As a major fuel depot burns in Libya’s capital Tripoli, C4 News looks at the country’s descent into violence after Gadaffi’s overthrow as well as the growing bloodshed across the Middle East.
As Tony Blair prepares to deliver a speech marking the 20th anniversary of his becoming Labour leader, Michael Crick asks him why he is in London and not in the Middle East.
Barack Obama urges both Israel and Palestine to show restraint. But how is America trying to achieve peace in the increasingly volatile Middle East? We answer some key questions.
Former prime minister Tony Blair warns that the greatest threat to world security is Islamist extremism. He says: “The Middle East is in turmoil. The threat of this radical Islam is not abating.”
Loathed by Palestinians and a divisive figure in Israel, Ariel Sharon played a part in six decades of conflict in the Middle East.
The killing of the Pakistan Taliban leader is just the latest incident where US drones were used against Middle East targets. Now Jemima Khan has produced a new film about the controversial weapon.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warns the US and France that military action against his regime would lead to war in the “powder keg” Middle East.
Eighteen of the 19 United States embassies closed across the Middle East due to fears of a potential terrorist attack will reopen on Sunday, the US State Department said on Friday.
The US says it will keep 19 embassies in north Africa and the Middle East closed for up to a week, due to a possible militant threat against western targets in the region.
It sounded like hope for the Pakistani civilians living in the shadow of drones, but is the US suggestion that it could stop its anti-terror campaign in the Middle East country to be believed?
More and more “jihadi boys” leave Britain for Syria to join a holy war to “do their duty”. Police are seeking two such young Muslims from Birmingham, thought to be in the Middle East. Why do they go?
The security services are telling Muslim charities involved in the relief effort in Syria that volunteers should not travel to the Middle East because they could end up fighting jihad.
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum and a panel of experts consider how Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, will change his country, the Middle East, and relations with the west.