Lindsey Hilsum’s international eye on the year ahead
Journalists make poor prophets, but January is the month when we all think about the year ahead, and the big picture.
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Armed Shia militants belonging to Yemen’s Houthi movement have seized Yemeni President Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s chief of staff in the capital city Sanaa.
Islamic State group militants are said to be just one mile away from Baghdad – despite Iraqi ground forces holding them back in a key town near the city.
Journalists make poor prophets, but January is the month when we all think about the year ahead, and the big picture.
Amid fears that a series of prison breaks in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan have unleashed dozens of al-Qaeda’s top operatives, Channel 4 News profiles the FBI’s most wanted terrorists.
As seven French tourists are kidnapped in Cameroon, International Editor Lindsey Hilsum asks if groups linked to al-Qaeda are implementing a widening war against the west.
Channel 4 News maps the new frontiers of the terror network al-Qaeda and its affiliates across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Al-Qaeda appoints Osama bin Laden’s long-time deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as its leader, the group’s command announces in a statement.
Channel 4 News’ Sarah Smith reports from Washington where “no drama Obama” has suggested some safe but politically astute appointments at the very top of the CIA and Pentagon.