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Jon Snow
The murder of a politician in Lebanon could be as decisive a turning point as the assassination that started the first world war. Jon Snows reflects on the spiraling Sunni-Shia conflict across the Middle East.
Pope Francis calls for successful outcome from Middle East negotiations, peace for Syria and South Sudan, and dignity for refugees fleeing misery in his first Christmas day message.
Lindsey Hilsum
The nuclear deal is just a start of what could become a major shift in alliances in the Middle East. What happened in Geneva may have huge ramifications in Damascus and beyond.
At least 23 have been killed and 146 injured in two huge blasts near Beirut’s Iranian embassy. An al-Qaeda linked group has claimed responsibility, blaming Iran’s support for Syria’s President Assad.
As Barack Obama says he is “confident” congress will vote in favour of military action in Syria, Channel 4 News explores the relationships between Syria, her Middle Eastern neighbours, and the west.
Alex Thomson
Publishing its own statistics, the Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights calls for the UN Commissioner and EU countries to take a clear stand against the “ongoing Israeli breaches of the international law in Gaza”.
David Cameron is touring Gulf states in a bid to patch up relations and boost British arms sales. But critics say he is helping to prop up repressive regimes.
David Cameron is in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the start of a three-day trade visit to the Middle East aimed at securing major UK arms deals with states in the region.
A host of leaders from the Middle East used the platform of the UN General Assembly to criticise Israel in a series of speeches.
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
Syria’s President Assad issues a fiery warning to western powers that any outside intervention in his country will destabilise the entire region.
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returns to Israel as the first of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners leave jail in a prisoner exchange deal. Channel 4 News analyses what the deal means.
The Arab spring, Nato’s Libya campaign, and next year’s US elections are all factors affecting the Palestinian Authority’s move this week to press for recognition at the United Nations.
In an exclusive interview the former Prime Minister warns Channel 4 News that a Palestinian move towards a unilateral declaration of statehood is no substitute for negotiations with Israel.
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is best known for negotiating an end to the Vietnam war. But he also helped turn Egypt away from the USSR and towards the west.