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UN resolution failure ‘disastrous’ for Syria
UN chief Ban Ki-moon says failure to agree a resolution on Syria is “disastrous” for the country as it has encouraged President Assad’s government to step up attacks on civilians.
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Russian envoy holds talks as Homs blasted
Russia’s foreign minister holds talks with President Assad in Syria, during an extended attack on Homs that has so far killed hundreds of civilians.
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Interests and principles: what next for Syria?
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the options for dealing with the violence in Syria
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Syria and the west ‘running out of options’
While the Syrian government bombards Homs, what is the international community doing? Channel 4 News looks at what is happening on the surface and behind the scenes – and why.
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Syrian army mounts Homs bombardment
Syrian troops are carrying out a bombardment of Homs, in the west of the country. Channel 4 News speaks to a journalist in Homs who says Syrians are desperate for the UN to enforce a no-fly zone.
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United Nations fiddles while Syria burns
Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones argues that Russia’s refusal to recognise the inevitable in Syria is condemning the country to an agonising death.
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What does the UN’s Syria resolution tell us?
A draft UN resolution on Syria aims to ensure that President Bashar al-Assad relinquishes his grip on power. But what else does the document say? Jonathan Rugman reads between the lines.
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UN moves on Syria as tanks pound Homs
With Russia resisting moves at the UN to force President Assad to stand down, Jonathan Miller describes the emergence in Syria of citizen reporters determined to show the world what is happening.
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Break this Syrian deadlock now pleads a resident of Homs
A journalist from the Syrian town of Homs pleads for a peaceful end to the war of attrition in her country.
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Syrian defector reveals human rights abuses
A Syrian politician who has recently defected from President Bashar al-Assad’s regime speaks for the first time about the “tragic situation” on the ground in the beleaguered country.
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Syrian prisoners released in ‘general amnesty’
As dozens of Syrian prisoners are released from a jail in Damascus, human rights campaigners tell Channel 4 News the move is a stunt for the benefit of the outside world.
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Syria’s Assad defiant in latest speech
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insists he still has the country’s support despite a 10-month-old uprising against his regime.
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At least 26 dead after Syria ‘suicide attack’
At least 26 people have been killed and many wounded in a bomb attack in Syria’s capital, Damascus, the government says. Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum has the latest.
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Dozens killed in Damascus attacks
Dozens of people have died in the Syrian capital Damascus after two booby-trapped cars exploded at security forces sites in the city.
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Syria death toll ‘over 5,000’
United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay tells the UN Security Council that “intolerable” violence has caused the death toll in Syria to rise by 1,000 in 10 days to reach 5,000.