Lindsey Hilsum
War, politics and sectarianism in Syria
The war in Syria is stoking region-wide tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims, with extremists on both sides fighting for more than the downfall of the Assad regime.
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People power: from Live Aid to fracking
As campaigners ready for protest against Cuadrilla’s fracking operation in the quiet village of Balcombe, Channel 4 News looks at the history of people power when it succeeds – and when it fails.
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Al-Qaeda claims Iraq prison raids in Abu Ghraib and Taji
Al-Qaeda claim responsibility for simultaneous raids on two Iraqi prisons in which more than 500 inmates were reportedly freed.
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FactCheck update: another tax haven loophole
The government says Britain is putting its own house in order by getting UK-linked territories to crack down on tax evasion. But there is a notable exception, as FactCheck discovers…
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Sunnis and Shias – the key questions
At the heart of Syria’s bloody civil war is one of the oldest religious divide in history – that between Sunni and Shia Muslims. But what are the differences between them?
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Chemical threat hanging over Syria’s republic of fear
With diplomatic moves to end Syria’s conflict locked in paralysis, there is a very real danger the country’s huge chemical weapons stockpile could either be used or fall into the hands of jihadists.
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Lindsey Hilsum
This was it. After the waiting, the Iraq war had begun
With the start of Operation Shock and Awe unfolding in front of them, the Channel 4 News crew received an unwelcome visit to their room in Baghdad’s Hotel Palestine.
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Alex Thomson
Syria: has the nightmare of chemical warfare arrived?
As President Barack Obama warns Syria against using chemical weapons, it may be too late, according to Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
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Iraq war 10 years on: what have we learned?
It was the most divisive war of modern times. In our second special report a decade after the Iraq invasion, Channel 4 News asks leading figures what have we learned from it all?
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Matt Frei
Obama: from ‘Yes, we can’ to ‘Well, perhaps we can’t after all’
If Washington was conspicuous by its eagerness to intervene in Iraq it is equally conspicuous by its reluctance to do so in Syria. The words bitten and shy come to mind.
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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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Jon Snow
Has Syria's horror spawned peace for Kurds in Turkey?
A glimmer of light amid the horror of the Syrian civil war? Jon Snow blogs on how the violence across the border may have boosted peace talks in Turkey.
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Hugo Chavez – Latin American demagogue with the common touch
The Venezuelan president was a polarising figure – someone who could bait George W Bush on TV while championing the poor and presiding over a unique social experiment in the country he led.
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Everyone’s Got A TV Camera now
This article first appeared on the Huffington Post Blog. Charlie Brookers’s latest episode of Black Mirror : White Bear being broadcast on Channel 4 tonight at 10pm got me thinking. Here’s the text : My seven-year-old walked in to the bathroom with an iPod and took a picture of me in the shower. She thought…
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Iraq war protest: 10 years after we marched
Ten years ago today, London witnessed a huge demonstration against the imminent invasion of Iraq. Channel 4 News speaks to four people who attended the protest.
