Turkey / Syria – It’s all about the Kurds
A cross-border mortar attack sparked this latest low in Turkish / Syrian relations, but Lindsey Hilsum reveals it may have more to do with Syria’s role in Turkey’s internal conflict with the Kurds.
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As the US begins talks on Russia’s proposal to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control, Russia rejects a draft resolution drawn up by France authorising force.
Russia calls on Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control and have them destroyed to prevent a military attack by the US, in a move welcomed by Damascus.
Britain and the US have been moved to strong words against last week’s suspected use of chemical weapons in Syria, but what should be their objectives if pushed into military action?
As the US prepares for showdown talks with Russia amid strained relations, an encrypted email service, believed to have been used by American fugitive Edward Snowden, is closed down.
North Korea is claiming it has entered a “state of war” with South Korea as tenions continue to escalate in the region.
A leading charity warns two million Syrian children have had their lives torn apart, as the Prince of Wales, on a visit to a Jordanian refugee camp, describes their plight as “heartbreaking”.
Syria’s foreign minister says the government is ready to hold talks with the opposition, but a rebel leader says there can be no dialogue while President Bashar al-Assad remains in power.
Major powers give Syria’s opposition full political recognition after US President Barack Obama said Washington would recognise a newly-formed coalition against President Bashar al-Assad.
Speaking in Belfast, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says violence is “never an acceptable response” to political disagreement. But is she using her visit to launch a bid for the White House?
Turkey fortifies security and threatens to retaliate forcefully if its border with Syria is violated again.
A cross-border mortar attack sparked this latest low in Turkish / Syrian relations, but Lindsey Hilsum reveals it may have more to do with Syria’s role in Turkey’s internal conflict with the Kurds.
Syria apologises for Wednesday’s mortar attack on Turkey, as the Turkish parliament gives the green light for military action outside the country’s borders if the government deems it necessary.
As Turkey’s retaliation to Syria’s mortar attack on a Turkish town marks a new low in relations between the neighbouring countries, Channel 4 News looks into the background of the latest skirmishes.
Heavy fighting in the streets of Damascus follows a bomb blast which killed Syria’s defence minister, deputy defence minister – President Assad’s brother-in-law – and a senior military official.
As the Assad regime fights back in the south of Damascus, its opponents in the Free Syrian Army say they have launched their fight for the capital, dubbed “Operation Damascus Volcano”.