Secunder Kermani , Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Secunder Kermani is an award-winning journalist and a Foreign Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
He is one of the few foreign journalists to have reported inside rebel-held territory in Myanmar, where a brutal civil war is raging, and also recently interviewed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan after his release from jail.
Since joining Channel 4 News last year, he has covered major stories in Brazil, Israel and the Palestinian Territories and Japan. Secunder was previously the BBC’s Pakistan and Afghanistan Correspondent where he played a leading role in covering the rise to power of the Taliban.
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Putin’s BRICS summit attracts leaders from India, Iran, China, and Turkey
The Turkish president, Recep Erdoğan is one of the world leaders at the BRICS summit hosted by President Putin in Russia. His attempt, perhaps, to reshape perceptions of the world order in a counterpoint to the Western alliance.
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Threat of Israel revenge strike on Iran ‘looming over whole region’
Foreign Affairs Correspondent Secunder Kermani is in Beirut.
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Israel military expands into Lebanon as Hezbollah tries to project strength
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in a confident mood tonight – declaring that Hezbollah is now “weaker than it has been for many many years” – and calling on Lebanese citizens to “take back your country”.
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Israel strikes on Beqaa Valley expands war in Lebanon
It’s been another night and day of bombardment in Beirut – as Israel claimed it was carrying out “targeted strikes” in the southern suburbs where Hezbollah’s leader and top echelons have been killed.
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The latest on Israel-Hezbollah conflict
We speak to our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Secunder Kermani.
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Hezbollah loses contact with new potential chief, Hashem Safieddine
We speak to our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Secunder Kermani, who’s just returned to Beirut from Tyre in southern Lebanon.
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‘Double your efforts and thwart your enemy’ – Iranian supreme leader’s stark message
The toll on civilians in Lebanon is “totally unacceptable”, the United Nations warned tonight – as Israeli airstrikes continued to pound the country – while almost 200 rockets were fired into Northern Israel, with no reports of major damage.
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Hundreds of thousands fleeing homes in southern Lebanon
Israel warned residents of more villages and towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate to areas over 30 miles north of the border.
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Israel-Hezbollah war: IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon
The Israeli invasion of Southern Lebanon has already met strong resistance with eight Israeli soldiers killed as Hezbollah fighters used their network of tunnels and rocket launchers to fight back.
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Grief and pain in Lebanon as families bury dead after Israel strikes
Grief and pain in Lebanon as families bury dead after Israel strikes
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Israeli troop positioning suggests Lebanon ground incursion imminent – US official
Israel’s Prime Minister has warned Iran that nowhere in the Middle East is beyond its reach.
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Dangerous skin diseases add to the turmoil of war for children in Gaza
Israel’s war is wreaking a terrible toll on Gaza’s children and it’s not just bombs and bullets killing and scarring them. Forced to flee their homes, living in squalor, disease is now rampant amongst the population, including painful skin infections.
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Israeli missiles hit a crowded tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza
Israeli missiles have again hit a crowded tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza.
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National strike organised by Israeli protestors as they demand release of hostages
Tens of thousands of people protested on the streets of Israel last night to demand a ceasefire after the bodies of six hostages were found in Gaza over the weekend.
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Israeli settlements surge amidst Gaza war
Since the start of last year, it has approved more than 20,000 new homes in the West Bank, despite the UN branding it a war crime and making a ‘two state solution’ next to impossible.
