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Thursday, May 9, 2013

EMBEDDED WITH FREEDOM FIGHTERS: Syria: Behind Rebel Lines - People & Power - Al Jazeera English

   
After two years the civil war in Syria shows no immediate sign of coming to an end. Though exact numbers are difficult to determine it is likely that hundreds of thousands of people have been injured or killed.  

Millions more have been displaced and communities across the country have been irremediably scarred by fighting that has seen homes, schools, businesses and hospitals destroyed.  

Yet those opposed to the Assad regime show no signs of faltering. Something keeps them at the front line - even though they are outgunned and often desperately short of everything from ammunition to medical supplies.  

To find out what drives them, earlier this year veteran journalist Rania Abouzeid and Canadian filmmaker Sylvene Gilchrist went to spend time with elements of the Free Syrian Army in Idlib province, a key battleground in the northwest of Syria..............  

FULL ARTICLE W/VIDEO: Syria: Behind Rebel Lines - People & Power - Al Jazeera English

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