Bashar al-Assad

President Obama may cut a lonely figure on Capitol Hill as he attempts to secure support for military strikes. Channel 4 News looks at his fight for support at home and abroad.

Cathy Newman asks John Kerry why the administration wants to attack Syria when US public opinion is opposed. He says the plan is for an “unbelievably small”, limited attack.

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.

Polls suggest both US Republicans and Democrats are united against any American action against Syria. Jon Snow talks to Democrat strategist Richard Fowler and Republican pollster, Kristen Soltis.

As John Kerry continues to try to gain EU support, lobbying of US Congress intensifies, graphic and distressing video is shown to senators and given to US television networks.

The world’s richest nations are divided over military action in Syria, with US President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin in disagreement over whether the Assad regime has used chemical weapons.

Many Americans have made it clear they do not want to get dragged into military action over Syria. Channel 4 News has been to Los Angeles to talk to people on both sides of the debate.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to commentator David Aaronovitch, who believes Ed Miliband’s position on Syria shows a failure of leadership, and by columnist Jenni Russell who supports his stance.

Following his Commons defeat, David Cameron tells Channel 4 News he doesn’t want to “quibble about it for days on end”, adding the British public is deeply sceptical about Syrian intervention.

World leaders are meeting in St Petersburg just days before a crucial vote in Washington on a possible military strike against Syria. But who is calling the shots inside Damascus?

As the US Senate draft a resolution imposing a 90-day deadline on Syria, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin warns the west against taking one-sided action.

Opposition activists claim a former Syrian defence minister has fled to Turkey and could become a “top source of information” on the Assad regime.

Barack Obama’s struggles to get support for military intervention in Syria have not gone unnoticed by Bashar al-Assad’s soldiers – who have been circulating cartoons mocking the US president.

French ministers have been debating whether to back the US over military action in Syria following alleged use of chemical weapons – but are people starting to change their minds?