The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) has been waging war online for much of the duration of the Syrian civil war, targeting websites of those they feel are working against the Assad regime.
The UK is to propose a UN Security Council resolution today which would authorise “necessary measures to protect civilians” in Syria.
The West has been united in its condemnation of the chemical weapons attack in Ghouta, laying the blame squarely on Assad’s forces, but Russia has downplayed the importance of the attack and the need for international military intervention in the ongoing civil war.
The reports of a chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus has caused condemnation from around the world, with Russia backing a UN investigation into the claims and US President Obama calling it a “grave concern”.
The influx of Syrian refugees into the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq in recent days has left the aid agencies struggling to provide health care for the new arrivals.