More than 80 students were killed when two explosions hit Aleppo University whilst students were taking their exams. Students and observers blame Assad’s regime for an air strike on the place of learning, whilst the regime claim it was a “terrorist attack”.
Standing on the front lines in Aleppo you can’t just smell the gunpowder, you can smell the depression. It hangs…
The nearly two-year conflict in Syria has taken tens of thousands of lives, destroyed entire neighbourhoods and sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing. But more quietly, it has also eaten away at the country’s healthcare system.
Whilst some support is being funnelled to the rebels in Syria from Turkey and Saudi Arabia, they remain hugely out-gunned…
Robert King went into Syria to embed with the ragtag troops of the Free Syrian Army in Aleppo, right in the heart of a conflict that is ripping Syria apart. He returned with footage that has made us very scared and very sad for the future of the country.