Alex Thomson
Sobering reading: UN report on Central African Republic
Here at Channel 4 News we try hard to keep the plight of people in the Central Africa Republic on the radar – and Monday’s UN report makes for sobering reading.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
The west holds its breath as inspectors enter Syria
Chemical weapons inspectors make their first journey into Syria, under the terms agreed by President Assad and the west. But this is dangerous work, in the midst of a raging and complex civil war.
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Alex Thomson
Baghdamascus: Iraq’s long shadow
There’s a new town in town. Not on any map, but deep in the public psyche of the UK, US and France. It’s Baghdamascus.
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Alex Thomson
Spooks’ view on Syria: what wikileaks revealed
A Wikileaks disclosure of an email from a military officer reveals why special foreign forces were in Syria in 2011 – and why back then, there was caution about airstrikes.
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Alex Thomson
Spinning Syria as US claims red line crossed
Spin is what it is all about when it comes to Syria. If the regime is only using chemical weapons on a “small scale”, why has the US “red line” on taking action now been crossed?
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Alex Thomson
An act of war from Israel – but why now?
People I’ve spoken to in the Syrian capital are calling today’s blasts by far the biggest they’ve seen in more than two years of war.
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Alex Thomson
Syria and chemical weapons: 12 key questions
Amid talk of war crimes and red lines, there are some important questions which we should bear in mind.
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Alex Thomson
Shocking footage from Syria to make us stop and think
A first glimpse of some powerful footage from Syria should make us stop and think about the complexities of the war there.
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Alex Thomson
Syrian security situation: worse than we are being told?
Reporting on Syria’s civil war is proving a dangerous business, but is the reluctance of media organisations to tell of the true risks actually doing the public a disservice?
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Alex Thomson
Syria’s civilian casualties – does either side care?
I am staring at it right now – the impact zone. Somebody decided this was a target, and whoever it was, they had to have known that it was an area full of civilians.
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Alex Thomson
The kidnap capital of Syria
Damascus probably sees more sectarian kidnaps now than anywhere else on earth. Hell – why qualify? More kidnaps full stop.
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Alex Thomson
Assad’s warning – don’t let Syria become another Somalia
Rebels control large parts of his country: but as President Assad gave a defiant speech to Syrians last night, he played on real fears about its future – and the spectre of a Somali style collapse.
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Alex Thomson
An insight into Syria’s frontline
An exclusive insight into life on the frontline in the Syrian army, as young soldiers talk of their motivation for fighting an increasingly bitter civil war.
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Alex Thomson
Syria: on our own
“At the risk of repeating myself, there’s some nonsense being pedalled on social media about the story we broke recently in Aqrab.”
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Alex Thomson
Damascus international: your flight to Aleppo is now departing
“We were able to film an airport which – contrary to the impression that has gone global – is not just open, but functioning.”