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Growing fears of chemical Armageddon in Syria
Will Syria’s huge chemical weapons stockpile be used by the regime against its own people? Will it be transferred to Lebanon for use against Israel? Or could it fall into the hands of jihadists?
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Syrian government forces launch a fierce campaign to recapture more rebel territory in the strategic town of Qusair, near the Lebanese border.
With diplomatic moves to end Syria’s conflict locked in paralysis, there is a very real danger the country’s huge chemical weapons stockpile could either be used or fall into the hands of jihadists.
Will Syria’s huge chemical weapons stockpile be used by the regime against its own people? Will it be transferred to Lebanon for use against Israel? Or could it fall into the hands of jihadists?
Concerns are raised that the stage is being set for foreign military intervention in Syria following a second Israeli airstrike in Syria in two days.
A UN investigator says there is evidence rebel groups may have used chemical weapons, as the battle for the Middle East’s largest chemical weapons facility continues to rage.
People I’ve spoken to in the Syrian capital are calling today’s blasts by far the biggest they’ve seen in more than two years of war.
Explosions shake Damascus as Israel reportedly carries out its second air strike on Syria in three days.
David Cameron has said ‘growing evidence’ suggests chemical weapons have been used in Syria, but rebels have been saying this for a year. Channel 4 News looks at the evidence online.
The use of chemical weapons in Syria is a “war crime” David Cameron says, but adds it is “unlikely” British troops will be sent into the war-wracked country.
In separate announcements, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the British Foreign Office state there is evidence that Damascus has used chemical weapons.
Video footage released by activists shows Syrian rebels fighting inside the Great Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo immediately after its famous minaret is destroyed.
United Nations talks with the Syrian government over an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons have reached an impasse, UN diplomats say.
Reporting on Syria’s civil war is proving a dangerous business, but is the reluctance of media organisations to tell of the true risks actually doing the public a disservice?
Jihadist rebel group in Syria Al-Nusra announces it has joined forces with al-Qaeda’s Iraq branch to form a dominant militant force in the fight against President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Judging by my twitter feed and inbox, an awful lot of people out there have some very wrong ideas about how ‘official’ reporting of the Syrian war happens. So let’s clear up some wild ideas out there.