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Has Syria reached the point of no return?
As the Arab League struggles to restore order in Syria, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones reports that the popular rising has now reached a tilting point.
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Return to the birthplace of Syria’s uprising
As Syria faces sanctions from its Arab neighbours, Jonathan Miller returns to the city of Dara’a where the uprisings first began in March.
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Violence escalates as Syria misses deadline
Violence in Syria escalates as President Assad fails to respond to the Arab League’s deadline to allow military observers into the country.
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Torture ‘rampant’ in Syria
Syrian government forces have carried out crimes against humanity as they try to crush opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in the restive province of Homs, Human Rights Watch says.
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Syria ‘spilling over into sectarian violence’
As more than 11 people are reportedly killed across Syria in defiance of the Arab League peace plan, a human rights group warns Channel 4 News of sectarian violence in Homs.
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Gaddafi’s gone – but what next for Libya?
As Colonel Gaddafi’s body lies in a fridge in Misrata, Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum meets the men who captured him hiding in a drainage pipe – which is now a symbol of new Libya.
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Gaddafi – from pariah to ally and back again
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi seized power in Libya in 1969 and ruled until 2011, bringing to its people relative prosperity but subjecting them to a hardline, oppressive dictatorship.
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After Gaddafi, where next for the Arab Spring?
As the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is confirmed, Channel 4 News looks at where this leaves Libya as well as the progress in the rest of the “Arab Spring” nations.
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Shalit in Israel after Middle East prisoner swap
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returns to Israel as the first of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners leave jail in a prisoner exchange deal. Channel 4 News analyses what the deal means.
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Call for investigation into Cairo violence
Egypt’s ruling military have today been criticised for their violent handling of a Coptic Christian protest, as the suspected death toll in Cairo rises to 25.
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Is Syria sliding into civil war?
As army defectors battle in Jabal al-Zawiya, a rights group tells Channel 4 News of evidence that President Assad’s forces are stepping up a campaign of rape in affluent areas to ‘incite civil war.’
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Doctor jailed in Bahrain claims he was tortured
A Bahraini doctor sentenced to 15 years in prison after treating an injured demonstrator tells Channel 4 News he was tortured after witnessing “the most atrocious attacks on innocent protesters”.
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Bahrain doctors sentenced to 15 years
Twenty doctors have been jailed for stealing medicine and stockpiling weapons during unrest in Bahrain this year. They have denied the charges.
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Yemen forces shell protest camp
Government shells kill at least six in Yemen’s capital Sanaa amid escalating street battles, bringing the death toll to 58 after three days of the heaviest violence since the uprising began.
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Turkey accused after defector returned to Syria
A Syrian army officer who defected to supposedly lead an armed resistance group has been returned from a Turkish refugee camp to appear on Syrian state television. Channel 4 News’ Andy Lee reports.
