Battles at towns near the Lebanese border and straddling the Israeli-Syrian disengagement line at the Golan Heights demonstrate how the Syrian civil war is slowly but surely drawing Syria’s neighbours into its orbit.
President Obama’s decision to start arming the Syrian rebels, and Russia continued involvement in selling arms to the Assad regime, has meant that the ongoing conflict in Syria is the major theme for discussion at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland
The US announced on Thursday that following confirmation of Assad using chemicals weapons against the Syrian people the US will now directly supply the rebels with arms. But what effect will this have on the conflict?
After months of talking about “red lines”, the US has announced that they will supply direct military aid to the Syrian opposition after they concluded Assad is using chemical weapons against the Syrian people.
Homs, often referred to as “the capital of the Syrian revolution” has now been under siege by Assad’s forces for a year. With nowhere to go, the people of the besieged districts have been drawn together by their harsh circumstances.