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Assad circle ‘could be charged with crimes against humanity’
As outrage grows over the Houla massacre, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller considers evidence of President Assad’s personal responsibility for crimes against humanity.
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‘Time is running out’ for Assad
The UN Security Council meets to discuss the massacre of more than 100 men, women and children in Houla as international condemnation grows.
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EU puts shopping and travel ban on Syria’s Asma Assad
The EU bans the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from travelling to the EU or shopping with European companies in a move to stop her buying the Chanel dresses and Louboutin shoes she craves.
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Kofi Annan to set out ‘last chance’ for Syria’s Assad
As Kofi Annan, special envoy for Syria, briefs the UN Security Council, is this President Assad’s last chance? One blogger tells Channel 4 News it’s now a clear choice – “guns or words”.
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Harley Street doctor under scrutiny for Assad links
British officials are investigating whether there is a case for legal action against a Harley Street doctor over his links to his son-in-law, President Assad of Syria.
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‘Assad advised by London-based father-in-law’
Bashar al-Assad’s London-based father-in-law has been advising him on how to deal with the country’s uprising, according to emails reportedly exchanged between the two.
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Channel 4 reveals Jobs Ambassadors
From the man heading up security for this summer’s Olympics to a self-proclaimed “Bra Queen”, we unveil the ambassadors helping us put together the Channel 4 Jobs Report.
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Assad rejects political solution in Syria
President Bashar al-Assad tells UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan that no political solution is possible in Syria while “terrorist” groups are destabilising the country.
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UN aid chief to visit Syria as pressure on Assad grows
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is facing mouting pressure over human rights abuses and the refusal of aid convoys as the UN’s humanitarian chief prepares to go to Amman.
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Syria: who are the Assads?
With worsening violence taking place in Syria and options running out for both the regime and the west, Channel 4 News profiles Syria’s President Assad and his British-born wife.
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Syria’s Assad defiant in latest speech
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insists he still has the country’s support despite a 10-month-old uprising against his regime.
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Syria’s Assad denies ‘crazy’ crackdown
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad defiantly denies ordering his troops to kill peaceful demonstrators saying only a “crazy leader” kills his own people, during an interview with US broadcaster ABC.
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Syria’s Assad defiant despite resignation call
As the King of Jordan says President Assad should step down and Syria is suspended from the Arab League, analysts tell Channel 4 News Syria’s growing isolation may be “a decisive blow” to the regime.
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Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over flotilla blockade
Turkey has said it is expelling top-level Israeli diplomats in protest at the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship that killed nine Turks. The UN report found the raid legal but excessive.
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Assad warns west against military action
The Syrian president says he is “not worried” about security in his country and warned against any foreign military action against his regime.