Syria
Syria’s cannibal rebel defends himself
Much has been written this past week about a Syrian rebel named Khalid al-Hamad, who goes by the nom de guerre Abu Sakkar, and who gained notoriety after a video emerged of him appearing to eat part of a dead pro-government fighter’s lung.
By Richard Hall | The Foreign Desk | Friday, 17 May 2013 at 12:30 pm
The Case for Intervention in Syria
In, of all places, The Independent on Sunday. Brendan Simms, professor of of the history of international relations at Cambridge University, argues for Nato intervention in Syria.
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 28 April 2013 at 2:48 pm
The two sides in Syria’s civil war are talking
A new video uploaded by a group of rebel fighters in Darayya appears to show a dialogue of sorts between the Syrian regime and the opposition.
By Richard Hall | The Foreign Desk | Monday, 15 April 2013 at 12:48 pm
Syrians put “non-lethal aid” to use
Days after William Hague announced that Britain would be sending “non-lethal aid” to Syria’s opposition, a video has been uploaded online showing it being put to use.
By Richard Hall | The Foreign Desk | Friday, 8 March 2013 at 12:03 pm
Lebanon: The struggle to survive after escaping Syria
In Lebanon, the despair of refugees forced by conflict to flee their homes in neighbouring Syria is all-consuming. They have found shelter wherever they can – in makeshift camps beside rubbish dumps or bedding down in disused factories – but yearn for the lives they have been forced to abandon.
By Johanna Rogers | Notebook | Monday, 18 February 2013 at 4:02 pm
Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’ reimagined in a warzone
Syrian-born artist Tammam Hazzam superimposed Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss on a devastated, bullet-ridden building somewhere in Syria.
By Richard Hall | The Foreign Desk | Wednesday, 6 February 2013 at 11:25 pm
The “Free Syrian Army” are hardly paragons of virtue in this dirty war
The narrative has, for months, been rather fixed: Bashar Al Assad’s army of brutal killers have committed massacres all over Syria in order to keep their dictator-master in power.
By Emanuel Stoakes | Notebook | Friday, 31 August 2012 at 2:00 pm
Syrian rebels claim responsibility for downed jet
A video posted online today by an activist claiming to be from the north-eastern town of Mohassen, in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, appears to show the downing of a Syrian fighter jet.
By Richard Hall | The Foreign Desk | Monday, 13 August 2012 at 2:57 pm
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By Ellen E Jones | Notebook | Monday, 30 July 2012 at 10:24 am
Can the Olympics save Syria?
What hope is there for the citizens of Syria? Every day brings news of new atrocities, with the lines of legitimacy increasingly blurred as the state and non-state hydras battle in a cycle of attacks, reprisals, counter-attacks and counter-reprisals.
By Phil Mulligan | Notebook, Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 26 July 2012 at 5:00 am
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