Lindsey Hilsum’s international eye on the year ahead
Journalists make poor prophets, but January is the month when we all think about the year ahead, and the big picture.
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A blast in a Shia district in southern Beirut, Lebanon, kills at least two people – the latest apparent attack linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria.
Amid anger about whether a prospective parliamentary candidate should have tweeted a cartoon image of the prophet Mohammed, Channel 4 News finds his appearance is well known to Muslims.
Thousands dead, millions displaced, and daily atrocities – the Geneva II talks to find peace in Syria are aimed at finding a crucial solution, but the challenges seem insurmountable.
Journalists make poor prophets, but January is the month when we all think about the year ahead, and the big picture.
Iraq’s prime minister calls on tribal leaders in Anbar province to expel al-Qaeda linked fighters who have taken over key towns and cities in the region.
The murder of a politician in Lebanon could be as decisive a turning point as the assassination that started the first world war. Jon Snows reflects on the spiraling Sunni-Shia conflict across the Middle East.
The resort is the playground of Russia’s elite, and in February hosts the Winter Olympics. But Sochi sits on one of the global flashpoints for Islamist terror. Who threatens the games – and why?
What do Paul Walker, the iPhone 5S, the royal baby and Nelson Mandela have in common? They are all key words you were searching for on Google in 2013.
Rebels linked to al-Qaeda reportedly take the largest oil field in eastern Syria, leaving the Assad regime dependent on oil imports.
Every time I visit, Lebanon seems more fragile. In August, Beirut was recovering from a car bomb that killed 27. Today, a suicide bomber followed by a car bomb exploded outside the Iranian embassy, killing 23.
Islamic fighters waging war in Syria claim YouTube as their new frontline, posting increasingly slick films to advertise their triumphs on the battlefield and competing for funding and recruits.
A wave of co-ordinated car bomb detonations in Shia areas of Baghdad and a suicide bomb attack against soldiers kills 56, officials say.
Former Turner prize nominee Shirazeh Houshiar takes Katie Razzall round Tate Modern’s new exhibition of the work of the great 20th century modernist Paul Klee.
Imagine a lieutenant-colonel in the Saudi Arabian army. Now imagine a conceptual artist from the same country. Put them together and you get Abdulnasser Gharem, who has his first big show in London.
A wave of car bomb attacks kill dozens in Baghdad on Monday morning, the latest violence in a campaign against Iraq’s Shi’ite minority.