Alex Thomson
Behind the scenes of Syria’s propaganda war
Alex Thomson blogs on the battle to win the propaganda war in Syria – and what is motivating foreign interference.
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Women given right to vote in Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announces that women will be able to run as candidates in municipal elections and “even have the right to vote”.
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Saudi Arabia denounces Syria violence
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah demands an end to the bloodshed in Syria and recalls his country’s ambassador from Damascus, in a rare intervention.
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Oil shock: unrest in Saudi Arabia ‘worst case scenario’
As oil prices remain high in the face of unrest across the Middle East, a senior oil executive warns Channel 4 News violence in Saudi Arabia would be “as bad as it could be” for the world economy.
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Alex Thomson
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HSBC ‘allowed’ money laundering
A “pervasively polluted” culture allowed HSBC to be used by clients in Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Syria, to launder dirty money around the world, says a US senate committee report.
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Why Syria’s peace plan is destined to fail
The Kofi Annan-brokered ceasefire in Syria will fail because of irreconcilable ambitions within the country, regionally and internationally, Middle East and security experts tell Channel 4 News.
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Oil: a political commodity
The EU oil embargo on Iran shows how “black gold” can determine the decision-making of countries across the globe. But what does the future hold? Channel 4 News speaks to the experts.
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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 corner of Bloomsbury in London.
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Jon Snow
What could 2012 hold?
In 2012, the stage is set at many levels for financial and consequent economic disaster, writes Jon Snow.
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Questions over Iran’s role in assassination plot
As the US blames Iran for plotting to kill the Saudi Arabia ambassador for Washington, a Chatham House expert casts doubt over the allegations.
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US gathers its allies to put pressure on Iran
The US and Saudi Arabia are to take Iran to the UN Security Council for its alleged role in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador, as Washington Correspondent Matt Frei reports.
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Last Briton in Guantanamo on hunger strike
Cleared for release in 2007, British resident Shaker Aamer is on hunger strike as lawyers say he was routinely beaten on days his legal team was due to meet him.
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‘Chechnya’s bin Laden’ killed by Russian troops
Russian security forces have killed al-Qaeda’s envoy to Chechnya four days after Osama bin Laden was shot dead in Pakistan. Channel 4 News understands he had visited Pakistan in the past few months.
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Jon Snow
Middle East uprisings: no one predicted 'rebellious cascade'
Expect the unexpected – no one predicted the unrest that has swept the Middle East, writes Jon Snow. So no one really knows where it could strike next – Oman, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia.
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Oil prices stabilise but experts say the future is uncertain
Oil prices spooked by the crisis in Libya fall back slightly as Saudi Arabia increases exports, but one analyst tells Channel 4 News the industry may be under-estimating the threat in Saudi itself.
