Lindsey Hilsum
UN intervention in Libya, so why not in Syria?
Are Syrians paying the price for Libyans’ freedom given that one year on, it seems unlikely that such international intervention will be contemplated again.
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Do you know who runs your world?
Desperate to cut costs, the NHS, police and councils are outsourcing more work to private firms. In the first of a special series, Channel 4 News asks if saving money means losing transparency?
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Assad says foreign enemy agents undermining stability
New video emerges apparently showing Syrian rebels executing unarmed government forces, while Bashar al-Assad blames foreign enemies for plotting to undermine the country’s stability.
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Rebels seize Syrian border posts as UN flounders
Syrian rebels seize posts on the Iraqi and Turkish borders amid failing diplomacy and fears the government will turn to chemical weapons to stop an uprising that has already killed thousands.
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Violence rages on across Syria as UN votes
Fighting has intensified in Damascus as the UN tries to persuade Russia and China to impose tougher sanctions on Syria.
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Opposition declares battle for Damascus has begun
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”.
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UN heads to scene of Syria ‘massacre’
UN officials head for the Syrian town of Tremseh to investigate reports of a massacre of civilians by Syrian troops and pro-government militia.
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Leaders agree on unity government plan for Syria
World powers have agreed on a power transition plan for strife-hit Syria, with a unity government to include members of the present government and opposition, international envoy Kofi Annan said.
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UN suspends Syria mission because of bloodshed
Escalating violence in Syria forces 300 UN observers to suspend operations amidst a failing peace plan brokered by Kofi Annan.
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Home secretary unveils ‘snooper’s charter’ to parliament
Despite vocal opposition, the Home Secretary Theresa May has unveiled plans to require records of internet use to be stored for a year to allow police and the security services to access them.
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UN monitors enter alleged massacre site in Syria
United Nations monitors enter the village in Syria where a massacre was reported, hours after the organisation’s chief warns that civil war is an “imminent and real” danger.
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UN monitors ‘shot at’ in Syria
A new plan for addressing violence in Syria is to be considered by the UN on the day its monitors in Syria were shot at while trying to reach the site of the latest “massacre” near Hama.
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Syria recalled to UN as new killings uncovered
Channel 4 News challenges the Syrian ambassador before the UN Human Rights Council’s special session probing the Houla massacre after 13 more bodies are discovered.
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‘Time is running out’ for Assad
The UN Security Council meets to discuss the massacre of more than 100 men, women and children in Houla as international condemnation grows.
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Coulson at ‘top secret’ security meetings without clearance
Andy Coulson attended meetings of the National Security Council as David Cameron’s director of communications when he was not vetted and “may have” had unsupervised access to top secret documents.
