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The US says it will increase military assistance, including arms, to Syrian rebels after claiming Damascus used chemical weapons. But the Syrian government dismisses the claim as “full of lies”.
More than 80 Conservative MPs have urged Prime Minister David Cameron to hold a Commons vote before Britain sends any arms to the Syrian rebels.
As the EU lifts its embargo on arming Syria’s rebels, what weaponry do the anti-Assad forces need in their fight against the regime?
As we carry on with our everyday lives at the surface, there are lots of satellites busily orbiting the earth, frequently snapping images of our planet from space.
Former senior members of the US military and political establishment accuse the country’s most senior officials of contributing to the spread of torture.
Jihadists are increasingly prominent in the fight against the Syrian government, which has so far claimed over 70,000 lives. Channel 4 News maps the gains made by the most powerful groups.
Jack Straw clearly cannot stand by the statement that the British are not kidnapping and torturing people using third-party countries, merely that he insists he was not involved himself.
As Syria’s civil war increases humanitarian suffering throughout the country, will the UK’s pledge of non-lethal help merely extend its conflict, asks Jonathan Miller.
The Venezuelan president was a polarising figure – someone who could bait George W Bush on TV while championing the poor and presiding over a unique social experiment in the country he led.
With the war in Mali and killings at a BP oil plant in the Algerian desert, where is the funding for Islamist militants coming from?
All over Gao, you can see the wreckage left by the jihadis. But the damage which will be hardest to repair is in people’s heads.
President Obama failed to mention Europe in his inaugural speech last week. Should we read anything into it?
Schools are among the possible targets of imminent threats to westerners in the Libyan city of Benghazi, according to reports.
The war in Mali has been characterised as a simple battle between Islamic fundamentalists and French forces lending support to the Malian army and government, but the reality is a little more complex.
A rising death toll in Afghanistan, another round of army cuts and a new front opening on the war on terror. Is this the next phase in the decade of the drone?