Jon Snow
Paris attacks: Middle East's wars arrive in Europe
We have arrived at a crossroads. Few can have believed that the bloody killings of Charlie Hebdo’s staff would be the end of it.
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FactCheck: who were the victims of the ‘Islamic State’ in 2015?
The attacks in France dominated the headlines, while the media were accused of ignoring other victims of the so-called Islamic State’s global campaign of terror.
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Islamic State group “will be defeated in 2016”
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says government forces are planning to liberate Mosul, the group’s last stronghold in Iraq, after taking control of Ramadi from the insurgents.
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Iraq: army battles Islamic State in Ramadi
Iraq’s armed forces say they have fought their way to the centre of Ramadi, where Islamic State militants are holed up.
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Tony Benn vs son Hilary – to bomb or not to bomb?
In 1998 Tony Benn spoke passionately against bombing Iraq. In 2015, his son Hilary’s rousing speech to MPs backed bombing raids over Syria. On both occasions Jeremy Corbyn was sitting near by.
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MoD pays compensation to civilians killed in wars
Channel 4 News has seen records showing the Ministry of Defence has paid out less than a million pounds to the families of some 360 civilian casualties – they’re just the ones who’ve come forward.
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FactCheck: Is the Islamic State group on the back foot in Syria and Iraq?
The so-called Islamic State has shown itself capable of striking civilian targets in western Europe. But is the terror group on the back foot in its heartlands of Iraq and Syria?
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Jon Snow
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Islamic State ‘defeated’ by Kurds in Sinjar
Kurdish fighters say they have seized a key Iraqi town from Islamic State after a military offensive supported by US-led coalition aircraft.
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FactCheck: How does IS fund its reign of terror?
The so-called Islamic State group (IS) wants to expand its self-proclaimed Caliphate from Syria and Iraq to other parts of the Middle East, North Africa and even Europe. How will this be funded?
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Refugees and migrants travel two billion miles in 2015
Migrants and refugees travelling to Europe to apply for asylum in 2015 have collectively travelled two billion miles, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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Gary Gibbon
Chilcot gives a timetable – of sorts
The Chilcot blame game is in full flight today, everyone trying to make sure the public and the relatives of those who were killed or injured in Iraq don’t blame them for the long, long wait.
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Jon Snow
Chilcot Inquiry: a very British farce
Who amongst us will ever read all two million words of Chilcot’s collected prose? And even if we do, will guilt, innocence, madness, patriotism, or anything else be clear enough for anyone to discern.
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Syria: child soldiers of the caliphate
An exclusive film reveals how Isis in Syria and Iraq systematically recruits children as young as eight to become soldiers and suicide bombers, and exacts brutal punishment on those who defy them.
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Gary Gibbon
Chilcot Iraq war report: a timetable for a timetable
Sir John Chilcot has relented and said he will publish a timetable for his report … but not just yet.
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Palmyra: archaeologist ‘killed by Islamic State’
Syrian antiquities scholar Khaled Asaad is reported to have been beheaded by Islamic State militants in the ancient city of Palmyra.
