Homs – where two utterly different worlds coexist
Ahead of his departure from Syria where the battle to oust President Bashar al-Assad rages, Channel 4 News’ chief correspondent Alex Thomson delivers his final dispatch.
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The US government dismisses a proposed peace deal from Syrian president Bashar al-Assad as “detached from reality”, and urges the Middle East leader to step down.
Major powers give Syria’s opposition full political recognition after US President Barack Obama said Washington would recognise a newly-formed coalition against President Bashar al-Assad.
Rebels claim to have shot down a Syrian army helicopter in Damascus as they fight troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Syrian opposition activists accuse President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of a massacre of scores of people in a town close to the capital that the army has just retaken from rebels.
The UK government says it will give £5m to rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria to pay for “non-lethal support for the political opposition”.
UN envoy to Syria Kofi Annan has suggested his six-point peace plan could be revived after “constructive and positive” talks with President Bashar al-Assad.
A Syrian general from a powerful family close to President Bashar al-Assad defects and is on his way to Paris, the French government confirms.
Gunmen kill journalists and security guards at a pro-government television station near Damascus, after President Bashar al-Assad says the country is in a “state of war”.
Ahead of his departure from Syria where the battle to oust President Bashar al-Assad rages, Channel 4 News’ chief correspondent Alex Thomson delivers his final dispatch.
Violent sectarian clashes erupt in Lebanon after the bloody uprising to oust Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad spilled over the border, killing five and wounding more than 70.
The EU bans the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from travelling to the EU or shopping with European companies in a move to stop her buying the Chanel dresses and Louboutin shoes she craves.
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.
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.
At least one person has died in the Syrian capital Damascus after security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fired live rounds at protesters, according to opposition activists.