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Relations were prickly between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House today, with their talks dominated by Iran.
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As a ceasefire between Syrian government troops and rebel forces comes into effect, there are reports from both sides of continuing violence, and tanks remain stationed in cities across the country.
Claims by the Syrian regime to have pulled troops out of some cities are disputed by international critics as UN envoy Kofi Annan urges the Assad regime to comply with his peace plan.
Turkey says a translator and two Syrians have been injured by shots fired into a refugee camp from the Syrian side of the border.
The Syrian government says it won’t end the violence, unless the rebels give written guarantees to stop fighting, as the UN calls on Damascus to keep its promise to end the bloodshed.
Amid signs that Syrian attacks on the opposition have intensified in the last 24 hours, the United Nations struggles to implement a peace plan calling for an end to the violence.
As Kofi Annan, special envoy for Syria, briefs the UN Security Council, is this President Assad’s last chance? One blogger tells Channel 4 News it’s now a clear choice – “guns or words”.
Bashar al-Assad’s London-based father-in-law has been advising him on how to deal with the country’s uprising, according to emails reportedly exchanged between the two.
The visit of the UN envoy Kofi Annan to Damascus this week underscored international concern about the horror being visited on civilians, but no-one, it seems, has an easy way of resolving the deeper issues.
A series of leaked emails reveals how President Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran on countering a revolt against his regime while his wife spends tens of thousands on luxury shopping sprees.
The Israel-Palestinian conflict has been simmering as usual while the world has been distracted by last year’s Arab Spring and its repercussions. But the changes in the region affect Israel and the Palestinians too
President Bashar al-Assad tells UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan that no political solution is possible in Syria while “terrorist” groups are destabilising the country.
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is facing mouting pressure over human rights abuses and the refusal of aid convoys as the UN’s humanitarian chief prepares to go to Amman.
Relations were prickly between Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House today, with their talks dominated by Iran.
A Syrian employee at the Military Hospital in Homs has provided video evidence that medics are torturing patients, writes Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has not been allowed to enter the stricken district of Baba Amro in Homs, where it had hoped to deliver food and medical supplies.