Assad’s uncle: ‘terrorist’ rebels behind chemical attack
President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle does not know what to say about his nephew these days. On the one hand, they fell out long ago. On the other he describes the rebels as terrorists.
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President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle does not know what to say about his nephew these days. On the one hand, they fell out long ago. On the other he describes the rebels as terrorists.
As Syria’s refugee crisis escalates to startling levels, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum speaks to those who have fled the country – and hears unanswerable questions about what happens next.
The number of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war has topped two million, the UN’s refugee agency says, in what it is calling the “great tragedy of this century”.
Among Syrian refugees in Lebanon, there is admiration for the independence of British MPs – but also confusion over the west’s reluctance to act.
Whatever William Hague says, the scars of the Iraq war are still being felt in Westminster, across the UK and in the bonds of the Anglo-American relationship.
The White House calls on the United Nations to urgently investigate allegations of massive deadly chemical weapons use by Syrian government forces.
A flood of 30,000 Syrian refugees have entered Kurdish Iraq in the past three days. It is the biggest single wave of refugees to leave Syria since the 2011 uprising started says the UN.
Thailand’s media is taking up the search for answers following an exclusive Channel 4 News report on the trafficking of Burmese refugees.
Channel 4 News has investigated how tens of thousands of them desperate to reach safe haven are falling victim to criminal gangs and ending up as hostages in prison camps.
Traumatised and exploited, most of the Syrian children in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan are not at school. But as Lindsey Hilsum reports, there are no better options available.
Syria President Bashar al-Assad’s forces launch a major offensive against Homs, in a bid to flush rebel fighters out of the country’s third-largest city.
On World Refugee Day, Reem Alsalem from UNHCR writes for Channel 4 News on the refugees who came to Syria to start a new life – but find themselves trapped in a new crisis.
Thousands of Muslim refugees who have fled religious persection in Burma have been locked up in overcrowded caged cells in detention centres in Thailand.
Humanitarian responses to refugees fleeing conflict in Mali have been “far from adequate”, putting thousands at risk from malnutrition and the “deplorable” conditions in camps, a report warns.
United Nations talks with the Syrian government over an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons have reached an impasse, UN diplomats say.