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.
Offensive, provocative or anti-Semitic? Gerald Scarfe apologises over the timing of his Sunday Times cartoon, but insists his sketch was a criticsm of Israel’s prime minister – not the Jewish people.
Healthcare professionals in Syria caring for the war-wounded are being deliberately targeted by Bashir al-Assad’s regime, says the International Rescue Committee.
Alex Thomson
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.
The United Nations has dramatically raised the number of people killed in the Syrian uprising and civil war – calling the death toll “truly shocking”. Dozens more people died in attacks today.
Alex Thomson
“At the risk of repeating myself, there’s some nonsense being pedalled on social media about the story we broke recently in Aqrab.”
Alex Thomson
“We were able to film an airport which – contrary to the impression that has gone global – is not just open, but functioning.”
Alex Thomson
It is that most mundane of journeys, from the capital city to the international airport, which you’ve done so many times, which really brings home how things are changing here in Syria.
Alex Thomson
Syria’s capital has changed profoundly since Alex Thomson last visited in the summer, with checkpoints now scattered across the city and the rumble of fighter bomber attacks in the distance.
Former hostage Terry Waite returns to Lebanon to meet Hezbollah, the organisation believed to be responsible for kidnapping and torturing him when he was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy.
Alex Thomson
As things grow ever tetchier around Damascus, we need to remind ourselves in the UK that we won’t get fooled again over chemical weapons claims.
Today’s visit to Gaza by Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, after 45 years of exile from Palestinian land, reinforces the growing confidence of the Muslim Brotherhood across the Middle East.
The US Navy denies it has lost any drones in the Middle East, following claims by Iran that a small unmanned aircraft was shot down over the Gulf.
Britain voices strong concerns over Israel’s decision to build thousands of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, but has no plans to withdaw its ambassador in Tel Aviv.
The Palestinian Authority is bidding for “non-member state” recognition by the United Nations. Will it succeed after last year’s failed push for full recognition? And what are the likely consequences?