Palmyra: Syrians condemn destruction of ancient site
People sometimes say that foreign journalists make too much of the wanton demolition in historical sites such as Palmyra and Nineveh. People’s lives matter more, they say.
3,208 items found
Artists Richard Mosse, Trevor Tweeten and Ben Frost spend time on board the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier sending warplanes to bomb ISIS around the clock.
Nato rejects Russia’s explanation that its incursion into Turkish air space was a mistake and says Moscow is sending more ground troops to Syria.
People sometimes say that foreign journalists make too much of the wanton demolition in historical sites such as Palmyra and Nineveh. People’s lives matter more, they say.
The director of Syrian antiquities tells Channel 4 News Russia and the US should work together to save Palmyra, where Islamic State extremists have destroyed a 2,000-year-old Roman arch.
President Bashar al-Assad says only Russia, Syria and its allies can decide the fate of the Middle East, and that terrorism has actually spread as a result of the US-led airstrikes.
Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to double the number of British drones used to fight militants for the so-called Islamic State, as well as “enhance” the involvement of the SAS.
Moscow says its jets have carried out 18 strikes against the Islamic State group since Thursday, but doubts remain over the real target.
A British teenage boy has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of five years for plotting a “chilling” Anzac Day parade terror attack in Australia.
As the number of countries embroiled in the Syria conflict rises, it is easy to think the situation could well spiral out of control.
In President Assad’s heartland the Russian decision to start air strikes on Syrian rebel positions is being hailed by ordinary people, who hope they mark the beginning of the end of a long war.
The US and Russian military will hold talks “very soon” to avoid coming into conflict during their respective air strikes in Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.
Russian air strikes in Syria are targeting Free Syrian Army recruits trained by the CIA, US Senator senate John McCain has said.
An exclusive film reveals how Isis in Syria and Iraq systematically recruits children as young as eight to become soldiers and suicide bombers, and exacts brutal punishment on those who defy them.
Russia confirms it has begun air strikes in Syria, just hours after parliament granted Vladimir Putin the right to use military force in the war-torn country.
Four high-profile British jihadis who have joined Islamic State fighters in Syria have been hit with international sanctions at the UK’s request.