Alex Thomson
Syria: chemical weapons plan is a success… at buying time
The plan to hand Syria’s weapons over to international control has no chance of success, but it has achieved one thing – buying global leaders some time.
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Car bomb attacks kill dozens in Baghdad
A wave of car bomb attacks kill dozens in Baghdad on Monday morning, the latest violence in a campaign against Iraq’s Shi’ite minority.
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Arab uprisings through the eyes of cartoonists
Cartoons have been playing a major role in delivering powerful messages from within the Arab spring. Channel 4 News meets the illustrators “escaping censorship”.
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UN Security Council has failed on Syria, says commissioner
Karen Abuzayd from the UN war crimes panel investigating 14 suspected chemical weapons sites across Syria tells Channel 4 News both sides have committed war crimes.
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Alex Thomson
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From Russia with love: President Putin appeals to America
Vladimir Putin appeals directly to the nation in a US paper, calling on the American public to steer clear of “brute force” in Syria, as the Russian foreign minister prepares to meet with John Kerry.
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Russia ‘hands Syria chemical disarmament plan to US’
As negotiations continue over a UN resolution, Russia is reported to have shown the US its plan for placing Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal under international control.
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Obama ‘agrees to UN talks on Russia’s plan for Syria’
As the US begins talks on Russia’s proposal to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international control, Russia rejects a draft resolution drawn up by France authorising force.
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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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G20 leaders express concerns over Syria strike
G20 leaders voice their concerns about a military strike on Syria, as Russia and Iran warn the US not to take action against the Assad regime.
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Syria crisis: Obama says ‘my credibility is not on the line’
Barack Obama says his approach to military intervention in Syria is not under scrutiny – it is the credibility of the US congress and international community that is on the line.
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Syria latest: top general defects, say activists
Opposition activists claim a former Syrian defence minister has fled to Turkey and could become a “top source of information” on the Assad regime.
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Obama ‘should have done his homework’
Senior Republican congressman Mike Turner says US President Barack Obama has neither congressional nor public, support for military intervention in Syria, and “should have done his homework”.
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Alex Thomson
A straw poll of those in support of Syrian bombing
As an opinion poll shows three quarters of people don’t support bombing Syria, Alex Thomson heads to Jack Straw’s patch in search of any people in favour.
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Syria: what does the public think?
He has suffered a momentous Commons defeat, but David Cameron’s decision to rule out British military action in Syria puts him at one with public opinion.
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Alex Thomson
Spectre of Blair haunts Syria war
Whatever William Hague says, the scars of the Iraq war are still being felt in Westminster, across the UK and in the bonds of the Anglo-American relationship.
