Syria

The family of a White Helmets worker, the voluntary group that helps rescue people in the aftermath of bombings, are among at least 20 people killed in northwest Syria.

A group of orphaned British children have been brought back home from Syria and reunited with relatives in the UK.

Ahead of the UK TV premiere of the critically acclaimed documentary For Sama, we talk to Channel 4 News filmmaker and award-winning director Waad al-Kateab and her husband Dr Hamza al-Kateab. For Sama is an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter,…

The President avoided the subject of impeachment when he spoke today. Instead he wanted to focus on what he called “a major breakthrough” for Syria’s future.

While the eyes of the world have refocused to the north-eastern part of Syria, in the west, Idlib province is still under attack. The filmmaker is Fadi Al Halabi. Produced by Kamal Kaddourah and Helene Cacace.

WARNING: This report contains some images viewers may find distressing. The United States says it may now leave some troops in north-east Syria, not for the benefit of its former allies, the Kurds, but to protect the oilfields there. President Trump’s abrupt decision to pull US forces out of the area effectively paved the way…

 Donald Trump has described his decision to withdraw American troops from Syria as “strategically brilliant”, declaring that the Kurds he had abandoned were “much safer now” and were  “not angels” anyway.

Besieged Idlib is now controlled in large part by a coalition of jihadi groups and rebels. With more than four million people still trapped there, with limited access to food and medicines, the most vulnerable are the children. The filmmaker is Fadi Al Halabi. Produced by Kamal Kaddourah and Helene Cacace. Edited by Tim Bentham.

Tom Tugendhat is the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Lizzie Irvine is a British volunteer with the Kurds in northern Syria. We asked her what the situation was on the ground.

The UN has warned that Turkey could be “deemed responsible” for alleged summary executions that may amount to war crimes, while Britain has banned all new arms sales to Ankara, but has stopped short of putting a halt to shipments of arms already ordered.

Turkey’s president has vowed to continue his offensive in Syria, and claims to have taken the border town of Ras al-Ain.

Cathy Newman is joined by Elif Sarican, a Kurd from Turkey herself, and an activist for the Kurdish Women’s Movement.

Well President Trump is facing growing outrage from his own party over his decision to pull US troops out of Syria – the threat of impeachment from House Democrats – and successful legal proceedings which might force the release of his much  guarded financial records.

We are joined from Istanbul by Gulnur Aybet, senior adviser to President Erdogan.