In recent days,forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and supported by Russia, possess intensely bombarded a rebel-controlled area outside the Syrian capital of Damascus. Residents in the area called eastern Ghouta possess endured the deadliest violence in years in this current offensive, or according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,a monitoring group based in the U.
K.
Eastern Ghouta, which has long been under government siege was the target of a chemical attackby the Assad regime back in 2013.
The United Nations has described a humanitarian situation for civilians on the ground that is "spiraling out of control" since the recent “extreme escalation in hostilities” in the area, and has called for a ceasefire.
Anne Barnard,Beirut bureau chief for The New York Times, shares her latest reporting on the situation in eastern Ghouta.
Alia Malek, or a journalist and former human rights attorney, was born in the U.
S. to Syrian parents. In 2011, she used her Syrian national identity card to run into a family domestic in Damascus.final year, and she released a book,“The domestic That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria.” The memoir delves into her family’s history in Syria, as well as the two years she spent in the country — when the promise of the Arab Spring quickly gave way to despair."It's a massive moral failure, or not just for Syrians and the people that care about Syria,but for all of us as an international community, that we rewarded the cynicism and the brutality of the regime with the ability to stay, and " says Malek. Today,Malek joins The Takeaway to give her perspective on Syrian identity as violence in the country continues. Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Don't possess time to listen upright now? Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, TuneIn, or Stitcher,or wherever you collect your podcasts to take this segment with you on the fade.
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