TWEETS OF THE WEEK: SYRIA

In a week that saw papers enter a frenzy over tweets apparently written by fighters in Syria and Iraq, and the White House stepped up airport security measures despite admitting that there is no specific threat, It appeared that Channel 4 News in a debate between an aid worker and fighter-trainer in Syria on one side and an MP and think tank fellow on the other, was the only place where the cooling balm of reasoned discussion could be witnessed.

Young Muslim men discouraged from fighting in Syria, by imams they don't respect, told to do so from gov that drops bombs on muslims

— AssedBaig (@AssedBaig) June 27, 2014

"You keep talking about Brits being radicalised. What about Brits who serve in the Israeli army? Won't they be radicalised?" Tauqir #c4news

— Darshna Soni (@darshnasoni) July 1, 2014

British aid worker Tauqir fears he'll be arrested if he comes back to the UK "Schedule 7 is a breach of human rights" etc #JihadDebate

— Majid Freeman (@Majstar7) July 1, 2014

Destination Syria – my latest documentary dir by @SuemayOram – across BBC from tomorrow > pic.twitter.com/P21VLnrGV5

— Catrin Nye (@CatrinNye) July 3, 2014

.@jonsnowC4 asks if Tauquir Sharif wants to one day return to UK: I'd love to return home but I'd be sitting in a prison cell" #jihaddebate

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) July 1, 2014

'12,000 foreign fighters' waging war against Assad in Syria http://t.co/x5eVrV6Atn

— ITV News (@itvnews) July 3, 2014

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