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Alex Thomson
With Iraq, we had the “dodgy dossier”. But with Syria, we have something that does exist: chemical weapons. And the UK Foreign Secretary clearly believes we can now go to war without any dossier at all – dodgy or sound.
Military intervention would be legally justified on humanitarian grounds, even if blocked by the UN security council, according to a summary of the UK government’s legal advice.
The UK will have to make a “judgment call” over military intervention in Syria, David Cameron says as he goes head-to-head with Ed Miliband in the House of Commons.
Gary Gibbon
The prime minister falls in behind Labour’s suggestion that a final vote on military action against Syria should wait until the UN chemical weapons inspectors report is published.
Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband appears to have hardened up his stance on Syria. Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander told BBC Radio 4’s World at One that Labour wanted the UN to have considered a report from UN weapons inspectors before a vote. So what’s going on?
Alex Thomson
A Wikileaks disclosure of an email from a military officer reveals why special foreign forces were in Syria in 2011 – and why back then, there was caution about airstrikes.
Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband’s call late last night for “some kind of UN moment” before any attack on Syria may be pushing at a door the PM has already realised he has to open.
Alex Thomson
There will be no blitz – the west wants to bomb the Syrian government into never using these weapons on its people again. And any strikes will be all about high-explosive punishment.
Political cogs are set in motion to prepare governments for possible military action in Syria, ahead of what is set to be a confrontational UN Security Council meeting.
Pro-Assad hackers take the New York Times offline and disrupt Twitter. Experts say they could have carried out one of the biggest cyberattacks ever seen.
The suspected use of chemical weapons in Damascus may be an international turning point but, as Channel 4 News examines, it is not the first time such attacks have been alleged in Syria’s civil war.
David Cameron recalls parliament to debate the UK’s response to the situation in Syria and the army draws up contingency plans, in the wake of last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus.
UN inspectors prepare to visit the site of last week’s suspected chemical weapon attack outside Damascus, as President Bashar al-Assad warns that any US intervention will fail.
Britain and the US have been moved to strong words against last week’s suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria, but what should be their objectives if pushed into military action?
As UN experts inspect the site of suspected chemical weapons attacks in Syria, the international community talks tough about the possibility of military intervention over the “outrage”.