The human cost of Syria’s 33 months of bloody civil war is estimated to have reached 126,000, with vicious abuses being perpetrated by both sides.
Foreign secretary William Hague has urged Syrian rebels not to boycott the upcoming Geneva II talks in order to find some pathway to peace in the war-torn country.
US President Barack Obama has postponed Congress’ vote on military action in Syria to pursue diplomacy to remove Bashar al-Assad’s arsenal of chemical weapons, but issues over how to enforce this plan remain.
Even as the Assad regime loses control of Syria’s countryside, and Russia shifts its stance, verbally weakening support for Bashar al Assad himself, it may not signal the end.
There are a number of journalists on the ground in Syria at the moment, but few have live-tweeted their experiences in the war-torn country the way Jenan Moussa of Al Aan TV from Dubai did last week. Here are her reports from the ground.