Alex Thomson
Tuesday’s attack on the US airbase Bagram, which killed four American troops, conforms to what Taliban spokesmen said would happen, announcing their ‘spring offensive’ back in April.
“The right policy for all concerned” – Lt Gen Sir Graeme Lamb’s view on today’s announcement of US talks with the Afghan Taliban. And he describes the G8 communique on Syria as “progress”.
Alex Thomson
Warfare has undergone bizarre twists down the centuries, but the current life of the drone operator in the western deserts of the USA is beyond weird – and there is evidence it is beyond the tolerance some of the humans involved.
As Bradley Manning stands trial in the US, Channel 4 News looks back at what the soldier’s leaks published by WikiLeaks revealed – and the impact they had.
Alex Thomson
A new poll on public perceptions in the UK of the Iraq war is so staggeringly at odds with reality as to leave this journalist speechless.
Alex Thomson
EXCLUSIVE: Hamas has not betrayed the Assad regime by relocating from Syria to Qatar and opposes foreign intervention in Syria, says Khaled Meshaal.
Alex Thomson
Amid talk of war crimes and red lines, there are some important questions which we should bear in mind.
Alex Thomson
Post Boston, the issue is primarily political in the case of these violent, angry, disaffected young men. But we’ve been here before – and instead of politics we offer war.
Alex Thomson
A first glimpse of some powerful footage from Syria should make us stop and think about the complexities of the war there.
The Syrian government has carried out repeated, indiscriminate and sometimes deliberate, air strikes against civilians, a report from Human Rights Watch says.
Alex Thomson
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?
Alex Thomson
Judging by my twitter feed and inbox, an awful lot of people out there have some very wrong ideas about how ‘official’ reporting of the Syrian war happens. So let’s clear up some wild ideas out there.
Missile and mortar attacks in Aleppo and Syria, fierce clashes and claims of chemical weapon use – a typical week in Syria paints a grim picture of a country at war.
The UN authorises an unprecedented military unit to fight rebel groups, alone or with the Congolese army, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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.