President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?
Migrants and refugees travelling to Europe to apply for asylum in 2015 have collectively travelled two billion miles, Channel 4 News can reveal.
Hany Al Moliya never imagined he’d become a refugee. But three years ago, after members of his family were murdered in their homes, he and his remaining relatives fled the country.
Our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson joins one group of refugees taking the momentous decision to leave Lebanon for Turkey. The first ‘straightforward’ step of their epic journey into Europe.
Alex Thomson
Middle class Syrians flee their homes and board a ferry from Lebanon to Turkey – the first stage of a dangerous journey to Europe. Are they refugees or migrants? Does it matter?
Alex Thomson
The pitiless Syrian engine of war grinds on. The waves of the displaced seek refuge. The only realistic escape route is Lebanon and Turkey.
Alex Thomson
Ftaym, single mother of five children, gestures up at the bombed-out concrete wreck in the south of the Lebanese capital which is now “home.”
Alex Thomson
The response to that photo to open doors is entirely understandable. The problem is that it might just make things worse.
Jonathan Miller
Mirvat and her family fled Syria, eventually arriving in the UK via Lebanon, Egypt, Libya and Calais. She has begun a new life – but cannot forget what she went through to get here.
Hezbollah supporters turned out in force in Lebanon for the funerals of militants killed in a suspected Israeli drone strike.
Lebanon’s military storm the country’s biggest prison, which they say has become an “operations room” for the Islamic State group, as fears increase of the terror group’s presence at the border.
The leader of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group calls for international help as a snowstorm strikes, killing at least five people and bringing misery to thousands.
Italian coastguards take control of another abandoned cargo ship full of migrants – a disturbing trend that is the result of a growing exodus of refugees created by the war in Syria.
Shia Muslims in Pakistan, Iraq, and Lebanon take part in a self-flagellation ritual on the holy day of Ashoura. (Warning: graphic images)
Jonathan Miller
Channel 4 News heads to Lebanon to meet Hezbollah in its heartland, and finds the group fighting a war that has dramatically departed from its original aim: resistance to Israel.