Civilian casualties

  • 7 Nov 2011

    A Northern Irish court is shown CCTV footage of the shooting of two British soldiers outside their army barracks in Antrim, during the trial of two men accused of their murder.

  • 3 Nov 2011

    As Syria promises to release political prisoners, Channel 4 News talks to film-maker Sean McAllister about his fears for two of the activists he met whilst undercover who have since “disappeared”.

  • 30 Oct 2011

    Syria’s President Assad issues a fiery warning to western powers that any outside intervention in his country will destabilise the entire region.

  • 28 Oct 2011

    Two thousand Pakistanis join a rally against drone attacks, labelled a “global assassination campaign” by thinker Noam Chomsky as security sources say the latest strike has killed 13 militants.

  • 6 Oct 2011

    As army defectors battle in Jabal al-Zawiya, a rights group tells Channel 4 News of evidence that President Assad’s forces are stepping up a campaign of rape in affluent areas to ‘incite civil war.’

  • 19 Sep 2011

    As at least 21 people are killed in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in the worst violence since March. Channel 4 News learns from a freelance journalist of one baby girl shot in the head by a stray bullet.

  • 15 Sep 2011

    A Syrian army officer who defected to supposedly lead an armed resistance group has been returned from a Turkish refugee camp to appear on Syrian state television. Channel 4 News’ Andy Lee reports.

  • 18 Aug 2011

    Three people have been killed and 40 injured after a storm ripped through a music festival in the Belgian city of Hasselt. An eyewitness says the freak weather was ‘like the end of the world’

  • 6 Aug 2011

    Syria is in open revolt with hundreds killed, weekly protests now daily and chants against the president in every corner of the country, writes a Syria expert for Channel 4 News.

  • 5 Aug 2011

    Protesters take to the streets across Syria in defiance of President Assad’s crackdown as one resident of Hama tells Channel 4 News “There is heavy shelling and bombing in the street”.

  • 2 Aug 2011

    Exclusive: Filmmaker Greg Brosnan, working for Channel 4 News, gains access to investigators hunting a Guatemalan drug gang – as International Editor Lindsey Hilsum reports.

  • 31 Jul 2011

    At least 95 civilians have been killed after army tanks stormed Hama at dawn on Sunday, according to reports. The city is a stronghold of anti-government resistance in Syria.

  • 31 Jul 2011

    In the worst violence since the Syrian uprising began in March, at least 136 people are reported to have been killed. In Hama, up to 95 people are dead after tanks and soldiers stormed the city.

  • 28 Jul 2011

    Two men are convicted of murdering a young Welsh couple honeymooning on the holiday island of Antigua.

  • 27 Jul 2011

    Exclusive: As the Sri Lankan war approached its endgame, 130,000 civilians were trapped along a small strip of beach. An eyewitness recalls the bloodshed that followed and how civilians were targeted.