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With Russia resisting moves at the UN to force President Assad to stand down, Jonathan Miller describes the emergence in Syria of citizen reporters determined to show the world what is happening.
Activists and Arab League observers report an escalation in violence in Syria amid claims that forces loyal to President Assad killing an estimated 50 people over two days.
As the Arab League observers pull out, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Miller asks what’s next for Syria, as it appears to slide unstoppably towards civil war.
A Syrian politician who has recently defected from President Bashar al-Assad’s regime speaks for the first time about the “tragic situation” on the ground in the beleaguered country.
As dozens of Syrian prisoners are released from a jail in Damascus, human rights campaigners tell Channel 4 News the move is a stunt for the benefit of the outside world.
At least 26 people have been killed and many wounded in a bomb attack in Syria’s capital, Damascus, the government says. Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum has the latest.
The Arab League presence in Syria fails to stop violence, as activists report shootings and nail bomb attacks by soldiers during mass protests after Friday prayers.
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.
Alex Thomson
It’s fair to say that the Arab League observers have had a reasonable first day at the office. They have made it to the hotspot of Homs and it is reported that a team will remain in the town overnight, writes Alex Thomson.
Alex Thomson
The Arab League’s fifty or so politicians, human rights workers and observers led by a Sudanese general, certainly have their work cut out, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
As Arab League monitors complete the first day of their tour of Homs, a Syria blogger tells Channel 4 News “all sides are trying to make political capital” as civil war unfolds.
Russia takes a stronger tone at the UN by proposing a draft resolution strongly condemning violence by “all sides” in Syria, as major armed clashes continue in the south.
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay tells the UN Security Council that “intolerable” violence has caused the death toll in Syria to rise by 1,000 in 10 days to reach 5,000.
Jon Snow
I have never been more frightened in any theatre of war. To be on the ground was to be adorned in a flak jacket and to feel very personally threatened at all times. I was there perhaps a dozen times. I heard the car bombs, saw the tell tale plumes of black smoke rising into the sky.
Hundreds of army defectors have reportedly battled President Assad’s forces in southern Syria in one of the biggest armed confrontations yet, after the deaths of 26 people on Sunday.