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The battle for Syria

Inside a secret civil war, Channel 4 News witnesses Syria's bloody fight for freedom.

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video 17 June 2013 Politics, Syria

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What motivates Syria's foreign jihadi? - video

Channel 4 News looks at the role that foreign fighters are playing on the rebel side in the Syrian conflict.

post 17 June 2013
News Read more on Gary Gibbon's blog G8/Syria: Obama silent and Cameron light on support

Arming the Syrian rebels: David Cameron is like "a man who drags his friend to the bar only to discover he's got no money himself to buy a round".

post 17 June 2013
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor. Read more from Lindsey Hilsum on her blog Why Syria's conflict is turning from a just war into a cold war

Countries justify their involvement in conflict by claiming they are fighting a "just war". But the moral struggle in Syria may be morphing into a power play between the west and Russia.

article 15 June 2013 World, Syria
A woman joins protests in Syria
Danny Alexander speaks out on arming Syrian rebels - video

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, says the government is undecided on whether on not to supply weapons to Syrian rebels and will debate on the matter.

article 14 June 2013 World, Syria
Chemical weapons and Damascus: the key sites in the Syrian capital (picture: Ciaran Hughes and Reuters)
Syria interactive: Damascus - chemical weapons capital

Damascus is the chemical weapons capital of Syria, with vast and often secret research, production and storage facilities littered across the city. Click around this interactive guide.

article 14 June 2013 UK
Syrian civil war: the Western jihadis fighting in Syria (picture: Reuters)
by Inigo Gilmore Britons fighting with Syria's jihadi 'band of brothers'

In this Channel 4 News exclusive, British and other western jihadi fighters are shown in Syria as never before - fighting and killing, shopping and preparing for a wedding. Inigo Gilmore reports.

article 13 June 2013 World, Syria
The United Nations says that the death toll from the Syrian civil war is at least 93,000 (picture: Reuters)
Torture and massacres: Syrian death toll nears 93,000

Nearly 93,000 people have been confirmed killed in the Syrian civil war, with the real number potentially much higher, the United Nations says.

post 12 June 2013
Lindsey Hilsum is Channel 4 News' International Editor. Read more from Lindsey Hilsum on her blog War, politics and sectarianism in Syria

The war in Syria is stoking region-wide tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims, with extremists on both sides fighting for more than the downfall of the Assad regime.

article 07 June 2013 UK, Syria
David Cameron is facing a backlash from MPs within his own party over his plans to help arm Syrian rebel groups (pictures, Reuters and Getty)
Cameron's backbench battle over arming Syrian rebels

As the Syrian war intensifies and the UN warns about the growing suffering of the Syrian people, is David Cameron facing a backbench revolt that could scupper his plans to help arm rebel groups?

article 05 June 2013 World, United States
Growing evidence suggests Assad's regime has used chemical weapons in Syria - but how long until Barack Obama's 'red line' has been cross (images: Youtube and Reuters)
Syria chemical weapons: has Obama's 'red line' been crossed?

Britain and France say they are certain the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons against rebels, but how long until Barack Obama feels his "red line" has been crossed?