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Syria: is ‘70,000 troops’ the new ’45 minutes’?
David Cameron may have been at his most diplomatic to persuade MPs to back airstrikes on Syria, but his claims over the scale of Syrian opposition ground forces have raised doubts.
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David Cameron may have been at his most diplomatic to persuade MPs to back airstrikes on Syria, but his claims over the scale of Syrian opposition ground forces have raised doubts.
There was a time when the French were not so enamoured of the Obama administration’s policy on Syria. Now, President Hollande says “there is a new mindset”.
The Sun has been widely criticised for claiming that a fifth of British Muslims sympathies with jihadis. What’s the truth of the matter?
Turkish fighter jets shoot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border after it allegedly violated Turkey’s air space.
Russian President Vladimir Putin describes Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane as a “stab in the back”, while Nato holds an extraordinary meeting to discuss the incident.
The so-called Islamic State has shown itself capable of striking civilian targets in western Europe. But is the terror group on the back foot in its heartlands of Iraq and Syria?
We have arrived at a crossroads. Few can have believed that the bloody killings of Charlie Hebdo’s staff would be the end of it.
I asked what it would say about David Cameron’s “substantial” renegotiation if the whole negotiation was wrapped up and the vote done and dusted a year and a half before his original deadline.
The so-called Islamic State group (IS) wants to expand its self-proclaimed Caliphate from Syria and Iraq to other parts of the Middle East, North Africa and even Europe. How will this be funded?
Moscow suspending passenger flights to Egypt after the Sinai air crash, just a day after suggesting Britain had acted prematurely by grounding jets.
Flights are grounded as visibility has been reduced to a 100 yards in many areas of the UK.
Abu Salah, who fled after his home town in Syria was destroyed by the Assad regime, documented his dramatic voyage to Europe. This is his story.
Democratic presidential nomination front runner Hillary Clinton is due to give evidence to Congress over the 2012 attack on the US embassy in Benghazi for the second time. But why now?
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is to get a one-on-one meeting next week with the Chinese President Xi Jinping – his first official meeting with any head-of-state as Labour leader.
The justice training deal may be off, and there’s new hope for Karl Andree, the Brit sentenced to lashes in Saudi Arabia. What’s left of Britain’s relationship there?