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Arab revolt: Middle East uprisings

Unprecedented scenes of people power from Tunisia to Egypt - Channel 4 News reports from the heart of the uprisings.

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article 11 April 2013 World, Syria
Syria and the United Nations have failed toagree on the terms of an investigation into alleged chemical weapons attacks (picture: Reuters)
Chemical weapons: Syria and UN fail to agree on probe

United Nations talks with the Syrian government over an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons have reached an impasse, UN diplomats say.

article 28 February 2013 World, United States
Syria aid pledged by United States in the face of
by Jennifer Rigby US promises aid for Syria rebels - but is it too late?

US Secretary of State John Kerry pledges $60m to support the opposition in Syria in the face of government "brutality", but stops short of any form of military intervention.

post 28 February 2013
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor. Read more from Lindsey Hilsum on her blog Has France killed a top al-Qaeda commander in Mali?

Top al-Qaeda commander Abu Zeid is reported to have been killed in Mali. If true, his death will be counted by France as one of their most important victories. But who will rise up to take his place?

article 22 February 2013 World, Syria
After yesterday's bloodshed in Syria, there was further violence in the country today, with more than a dozen people killed in rocket attacks in Aleppo.
Syria reels from another day of violence

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.

post 08 February 2013
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor. Read more from Lindsey Hilsum on her blog Sandstorm update - the links between Mali and Libya

I've updated my book Sandstorm with an epilogue, taking into account the killing of the US ambassador and other events in Libya. I also write on Mali, showing the links between events in the two count

article 07 February 2013 World, Tunisia
Riot police run at protestors in Tunisia (Reuters)
Tunisia: unions call general strike as protests continue

Police in Tunis fire tear gas at protestors outside the Interior Ministry as unions call the first general strike since 1978 following the assassination of a secular opposition leader.

article 25 January 2013 World, Egypt
Protestors in Cairo, and president Mohamed Mursi (pictures: Reuters)
by David Doyle Egypt: what has changed for Tahrir Square's protesters?

On 25 January 2011 Tahrir Square became the focal point for a public outpouring of anger against the rule of Hosni Mubarak. As violence breaks out in Egypt again, Channel 4 News asks what has changed?

article 13 January 2013 World, Egypt
Egypt's former leader Hosni Mubarak behind bars in a courtroom (Reuters)
Mubarak allowed retrial after appeal to Egypt court

Egypt's ousted former president Hosni Mubarak successfully appeals against a life sentence, allowing him to be retried over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising.

post 10 January 2013
Jonathan Rugman's beat includes foreign policy, terrorism and international development. Read more from Jonathan Rugman his blog Were PKK killings an attempt to derail the peace process?

One theory behind the killing of three PKK women in Paris is that they were killed as part of an internal split, between those who supported the peace process with Turkey and those who did not.

article 22 December 2012 World, Egypt
Egyptians heads to the polls to vote on constitutional reform (Reuters)
by David Doyle Egypt constitution vote: vice-president resigns

Egypt's vice-president resigns hours before polls close in the second round of a referendum over controversial constitutional reform.