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Syria’s Kurds: Fighting a war within a war
Syria’s Kurds say they are fighting for their homeland, in the city of Ras al-Ayn they have clashed with rebels. This report was filmed by French photojournalist Mani and reported by Jonathan Miller.
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‘Desperately urgent’ to get Syria crisis under control
The UN envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, tells Channel 4 News it is “desperately urgent” parties work together to end the war but admits he has not spoken directly to President Assad in three months.
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Rape and sham marriages: the fears of Syria’s women refugees
Thousands of Syrians fled to Jordan’s Zataari refugee camp to escape violence at home. But now women and children live in fear of kidnap, rape and sham marriages in the camp meant to keep them safe.
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Syria’s Descent: what weapons do the rebels have?
Syrian rebels have amassed large arsenals of weapons – through smuggling and raids on government facilities. Channel 4 News reveals some of the weapons being used against Bashar al-Assad’s government.
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Syria’s Descent: live from Damascus
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports from Syria to assess the human cost of the conflict that has now been raging for two years.
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Should Syrian rebels be armed by the west?
Would the Syrian people’s suffering be helped if the outside world gave military help to the rebels? A panel of experts discuss whether intervention is necessary two years after the conflict began.
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Kofi Annan: ‘too late’ for military intervention in Syria
Former UN envoy Kofi Annan criticises the people “far away from Syria” calling for increased military support in the country – as Britain and France pushes to supply rebels with more weapons.
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Syria’s Descent: crisis forces UN staff to leave
Alex Thomson reports on a bloody day in Damascus as the UN withdraws staff in the latest in our Syria’s Descent series.
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2013: Syria’s Descent – the agony of Aleppo’s children
For Aleppo’s children “blood has become like water”. Filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen has spent several weeks meeting children facing unimaginable horror as they work in a city hospital.
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Syria’s descent: the agony of Aleppo’s children
Marcel Mettelsiefen has spent several weeks meeting children facing unimaginable horror as they work in a city hospital on Syria’s frontline. (Contains highly distressing footage).
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UK, France fail to convince EU to arm Syria rebels
In the two years since Syria’s armed uprising began, 70,000 have lost their lives – yet Europe remains deeply divided over whether to arm the rebels trying to overthrow President Assad.
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Syria reels from another day of violence
After yesterday’s bloodshed in Syria – one of the deadliest days in the conflict – there was further violence today, with at least 29 people killed in rocket attacks in Aleppo.
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Syrian refugees: ‘Tonight we died many deaths’
Channel 4 News Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller witnesses the dramatic late-night escape and rescue of a group of Syrian refugees, fleeing their homeland under fire and crossing into Jordan.
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Terror prompts ‘alarming’ rise in Syrian refugees to Jordan
As thousands of Syrian refugees cross the Jordanian border fleeing extreme violence and bombing, Jordan’s foreign minister tells Channel 4 News there is a lack of funds to cope with the influx.
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Tens of thousands of refugees flood into Jordan
As the number of Syrian refugees pouring into Jordan trebles in the past few days, with more than 20,000 fleeing to makeshift camps, Jonathan Miller has the latest from the Zaatari refugee camp.