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International relations unravel beyond Syria
Alex Thomson blogs on the international ramifications of the twists and turns in the Syrian conflict.
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Footage filmed in Syria’s largest city shows heavy gunfire as rebels and government forces battle for control of the airport, and President Assad appears publicly for the first time in six weeks.
As the UN concludes that the massacre in Houla was a war crime authorised by President Assad, at least 30 people are reported killed in an air strike by Syrian forces on the rebel-held town of Azaz.
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”.
A Syrian air force jet made at least a dozen rounds of a village not far from Aleppo, Syrias most populous city, firing missiles from the sky and terrifying inhabitants.
As the US and Japan prepare to compete for the women’s football gold medal, writer Natasha Henry says the women’s game needs mainstream media support if it is to thrive in the UK.
Alex Thomson blogs on the international ramifications of the twists and turns in the Syrian conflict.
As fighting rages in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a photojournalist tells Channel 4 News Britons were among those who kidnapped him and a Dutch reporter.
Having tempted judo-mad Vladimir Putin to visit London by offering him Olympic tickets, what else might David Cameron want to discuss as part of what has been dubbed judo diplomacy?
New video emerges apparently showing Syrian rebels executing unarmed government forces, while Bashar al-Assad blames foreign enemies for plotting to undermine the country’s stability.
With Syrian forces pounding rebel-held areas of Aleppo with helicopter gunships on Friday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he fears another massacre on the scale of Srebrenica.
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Foreign Secretary William Hague meet in London for talks aimed at ending Syria’s civil war.
As the regime seeks to regain control of Aleppo, Syria’s commercial hub, fighting also flares again in the capital Damascus where another massacre is alleged to have taken place.
Aleppo is reportedly bombed by Syrian fighter jets in a blistering attack on the fourth day of clashes between government and rebel forces battling to control the commercial hub.
Syria promises not to use chemical weapons against its own citizens, an action UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says that would be “reprehensible”. Alex Thomson reports live from Damascus.
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