Gene Sharp – a frail man with powerful ideas
Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum interviews Professor Gene Sharp who says anti-government protesters in Syria who pick up arms are suicidal.
Syrian defector reveals the cost of the conflict
A defector from the Syrian MOD tells Channel 4 News that the country’s spending on defence has surged since the uprising – and alleges that the answer could be turning to Iran for
Engineers or Soldiers? Iran and Syria
Chjannel 4 News International Editor Lindlsey Hilsum blogs on Youtube footage that appears to prove that Iran is sending Revolutionary Guards to fight in Syria.
The extremes of an Afghan winter
Arriving in Kabul’s homely – if beaten-up – airport after Dubai is always something of a contrast. Never more so in my experience than this morning. The Hindu Kush mountains
Imran Khan: saying what Pakistan wants to hear
John Sparks on his meeting with Imran Khan, whose political star is rising despite his party currently having no seats in Pakistan’s parliament.
Not such a Happy New Year
Xin Nian Kuaile! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy New Year! Congratulations and Prosperity! It’s Chinese New Year, and I’ve been practicing my greetings in Chinese.
A pilgrimage to the British Museum
The British Museum director – Britain’s foremost cultural ambassador – has nimbly walked through another political minefield to bring Islam’s holiest site to this revered
Syria, where everything is normal, according to Johnson.
Was our Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Jonathan Miller, a victim of mistaken identity on his recent visit to Syria? Apparently not – just unwittingly misquoted.
Why the EU oil embargo on Iran matters
It’s all brinkmanship, and goes to prove how the volatile politics of the Middle East affects all of our lives, writes Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
Break this Syrian deadlock now pleads a resident of Homs
A journalist from the Syrian town of Homs pleads for a peaceful end to the war of attrition in her country.
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