Lindsey Hilsum
What Chairman Mao can teach us about Iraq
Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al Maliki hasn’t read Chairman Mao on guerillas – but he’s right about one thing: the battle for Iraq will be long and it will continue.
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‘The keys of Damascus’: Assad draws red line on Syria
The Syrian opposition says the government has failed to address President Bashar al-Assad’s political future at peace talks in Geneva.
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Lindsey Hilsum
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Former New York police officers charged over 9/11 fraud
Eighty retired New York police officers and firefighters are charged with falsely claiming to have been traumatised by the 9/11 terrorist attacks so they could receive disability benefits.
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Fall of Fallujah: Iraqi army deploys tanks and guns
The Iraqi army deploys tanks and artillery around Fallujah as leaders in the city urge al-Qaeda-linked militants to leave to avert an impending military assault.
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As al-Qaeda takes Fallujah, what next for Iraq?
Iraq is descending into yet another bloody conflict. Thousands have fled the city of Fallujah, which is now held by militants. So what next for this blood-stained state? Lindsey Hilsum explains.
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Thousands flee Fallujah ‘ghost town’ amid unrest
Thousands of people are fleeing the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which has been occupied by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. “It has turned into a ghost town,” a local resident says.
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Iraqi PM calls for tribes to expel al-Qaeda from Anbar
Iraq’s prime minister calls on tribal leaders in Anbar province to expel al-Qaeda linked fighters who have taken over key towns and cities in the region.
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Iraq loses Fallujah to al-Qaeda
US Secretary of State John Kerry says America will help Iraq fight al-Qaeda-linked militants – but not with troops – after the government loses control of the key city of Fallujah.
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Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Mogadishu bomb attack
Islamist militants from the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabaab group claim responsibility for a bombing attack on a hotel in Somalias capital, Mogadishu, in which 11 people have died.
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Channel 4 News blogs: the best of 2013
From Syria to Sri Lanka, Nelson Mandela to Weinergate, Nigel Farage to Quentin Tarantino – this is a selection of some of our best blogs from from the past 12 months.
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Simon Israel
Woolwich attack was unexpected, “incomprehensible and frightening”
The guilty verdict may be no surprise, but the brutal murder of Lee Rigby certainly took police unawares, even though his killers had been known to the security services for some years.
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Gary Gibbon
Afghanistan: mission accomplished?
David Cameron agreed that British troops are returning from Afghanistan with their “mission accomplished”. But he won’t be thrilled with the headlines his answer has spawned.
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Mission accomplished: PM’s message to troops in Afghanistan
After 12 years of British involvement in Afghanistan, David Cameron announces he is preparing to pull troops out of the country next year, despite fears of an insurgency.
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Exclusive: inside an al-Shabaab training camp
Among the most feared of al-Qaeda’s affiliates, al-Shabaab was behind the Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya. Jamal Osman attended one of its training camps in the Somali bush.
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Lee Rigby accused tells court ‘I love al-Qaeda’
Michael Adebolajo, one of the men accused of murdering soldier Lee Rigby tells a court he will “never regret” his actions and that al-Qaeda are his “brothers”.
