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Chris Doyle

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Chris Doyle is the director of the Council for Arab-British understanding (CAABU)

January 2014

  • John Kerry, Sergey Lavrov

    double quotation mark4 things you need to know about Geneva II

    Chris Doyle

    Chris Doyle: The Geneva II conference aims to bring the warring sides in Syria together, and set up a transitional government. People aren't hopeful

August 2012

  • Kofi Annan

    double quotation markKofi Annan's resignation is no surprise, his Syria peace plan undermined

    Chris Doyle

    Chris Doyle: Annan's six-point peace plan was dependent on all parties acting in good faith in implementing it. Diplomacy is in hibernation

March 2012

  • A Syrian refugee in Arsal in Lebanon's Beka'a Valley

    double quotation markThe Syrian refugee crisis is aggravating old tensions in Lebanon

    Chris Doyle
    Chris Doyle: Once a sanctuary for refugees, Lebanon is now divided down sectarian lines in how it reacts to those fleeing Syria

November 2011

  • Bashar al-Assad

    double quotation markSyria is the Arab League's chance to prove itself

    Chris Doyle

    Chris Doyle: The agreement with Syria shows the Arab League may be able to act where the west cannot – if its terms are enforced

October 2011

  • Russia's representative votes against a draft resolution on Syria

    double quotation markSyrians have been let down by the UN

    Chris Doyle
    Chris Doyle: Russia and China's security council vetoes have bolstered the Assad regime and sparked huge anger among Syrian people

August 2011

  • Syrian opposition protest in Hama

    double quotation markSyria teeters on the brink

    Chris Doyle

    Chris Doyle: The regime's campaign of brutality in Hama could push Syria towards civil war. But how will the international community react?

July 2011

  • rifaat al assad

    double quotation markMPs are wrong to welcome the son of a hated Syrian

    Chris Doyle
    Chris Doyle: Rifaat al-Assad may be responsible for the deaths of thousands. So why is his son being welcomed at the Houses of Parliament?

June 2011

  • Arab League Secretary General Moussa

    double quotation markLibya: will doubts destroy the coalition?

    Chris Doyle
  • Syria refugees

    double quotation markWhy foreign intervention is not welcome in Syria

    Chris Doyle

June 2010

  • Israeli forces approach one of six ships bound for Gaza

    double quotation markOff the hook: Israel's own Widgery inquiry into Bloody Monday

    Chris Doyle

    Chris Doyle: Israel cannot be trusted to investigate its military over the Gaza flotilla raid. Only an international, independent inquiry will do

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