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Kofi Annan: ‘too late’ for military intervention in Syria
Former UN envoy Kofi Annan criticises the people “far away from Syria” calling for increased military support in the country – as Britain and France pushes to supply rebels with more weapons.
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Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib resigns
The leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib resigns, in a blow to a diminishing moderate wing of the two-year uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
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Fifteen faces of the Iraq war. What happened next?
They were familiar figures of the Iraq war. A decade on from the start of the invasion, some have faded into obscurity while the legacy of others endures. Where are they now?
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Egypt opposition rejects talks with Mursi to end violence
Egypt’s main opposition coalition refuses to take part in President Mohammed’s proposed dialogue to end a crisis sparked by the Islamist leader’s decision to expand his powers.
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Ban Ki Moon urges Israel and Hamas to stop escalation
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon calls on Israel to exercise “maximum restraint” to avoid further bloodshed in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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What is behind the violence in Gaza?
With Israel’s general election due in January, and the Palestinian Authority’s application for UN recognition, the assassination of Hamas’s military chief did not happen in isolation.
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Turkey threatens retaliation if Syria strikes again
Turkey fortifies security and threatens to retaliate forcefully if its border with Syria is violated again.
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UN’s new man in Syria insists: ‘I’m not crazy’
Lakhdar Brahimi tells Channel 4 News he may not succeed where Kofi Annan failed but will “do his best” to halt the 17-month old civil war.
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Syrian and Jordanian forces clash in border area
Syrian and Jordanian forces clashed along the border overnight in an incident that highlights international concerns that the civil war in Syria could ignite a wider regional conflict.
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Annan steps down as peace envoy on Syria
Kofi Annan quits as international mediator on Syria amid failure to halt the violence ravaging the country since the start of the uprising to oust President Assad 17 months ago.
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Arm us, say Syria rebels, as battle for Aleppo rages
Helicopter gunships continue to bombard Aleppo in an effort to regain control of Syria’s second city from rebel fighters. But rebels remain confident after fighting off government attacks.
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Syria pledges no chemical weapons against its people
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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Russia and China veto sanctions on Syria
Russia and China veto a UN resolution proposing sanctions on Syria as it emerges the UK has frozen £100m of Syrian assets. Are President Assad’s days in charge numbered?
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Russia accuses west of ‘blackmail’ over Syria
As fighting intensifies around Damascus, Russia’s foreign minister threatens to block a UN resolution that threatens sanctions against Syria, if western allies do not stop resorting to “blackmail”.
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‘Up to 200 killed’ in new Syrian massacre
Kofi Annan says he is “appalled” by the massacre of up to 200 people in the Syrian village of Tremseh, one of the bloodiest incidents in the country’s ongoing conflict.