Blog posts tagged "libya"

May 3, 2012 5:39 pm 1 Comment

The publication online of documents seized at Osama bin Laden's house underlines the gulf between western and jihadi thinking.

May 2, 2012 7:21 am 1 Comment

The question now is will al-Qaeda, with its new North African leadership, be able to capitalise on the politcal instability which follows revolution?

April 18, 2012 4:56 pm 5 Comments

Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum recalls a conversation with the man at the centre of Libyan rendition claims on how close the CIA and MI6 became with Libyan intelligence.

April 2, 2012 1:32 pm 2 Comments

The story of Libya's revolution demanded to be told, says Lindsey Hilsum, who has written Sandstorm; Libya in the Time of Revolution.

March 22, 2012 2:17 pm 2 Comments

The demise of Colonel Gaddafi was a stone cast into a pool - a huge wave rather than a ripple has hit Libya’s neighbour, Mali.

March 15, 2012 4:55 pm 1 Comment

The visit of the UN envoy Kofi Annan to Damascus this week underscored international concern about the horror being visited on civilians, but no-one, it seems, has an easy way of resolving the deeper issues.

February 17, 2012 10:51 am 1 Comment

The international community learned a lot of lessons from Libya, and there are regrets. Lindsey Hilsum is in Moscow on the first anniversary of the revolution.

February 10, 2012 3:48 pm 2 Comments

Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on China's veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria

February 6, 2012 6:59 pm 3 Comments

Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum blogs on the options for dealing with the violence in Syria

January 23, 2012 12:55 pm 4 Comments

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.