Syria

With horrific images of the results of bombardment in Syria's Eastern Ghouta plastered across the western media , the complexity of the situation and the reality on the ground is far too easily forgotten. The past few weeks in the western media have been dominated by the situation in Eastern Ghouta, a suburb in Damascus home to roughly over 300,000 people. It is the last rebel enclave in the capital and is controlled by a coalition of opposition groups, dominated by Jaysh al Islam (meaning army of Islam) and Hay'at Tahir Al Sham which is known as the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda and elements of the free Syrian Army. It has been subject to heavy bombardment from the Syrian Arab Army and Russian Aerospace forces in efforts to capture the area and a ground offensive is now well underway. As with every major Government offensive throughout this bloody civil war now entering it's 7th year, the television coverage has shown horrendous images of dead civilians, wounded children ...