Alex Thomson
Disregard talk of a ‘blitz’ on Syria
There will be no blitz – the west wants to bomb the Syrian government into never using these weapons on its people again. And any strikes will be all about high-explosive punishment.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Spinning Syria as US claims red line crossed
Spin is what it is all about when it comes to Syria. If the regime is only using chemical weapons on a “small scale”, why has the US “red line” on taking action now been crossed?
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Alex Thomson
International parties have hidden agenda to destroy Syria – Hamas leader
EXCLUSIVE: Hamas has not betrayed the Assad regime by relocating from Syria to Qatar and opposes foreign intervention in Syria, says Khaled Meshaal.
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Alex Thomson
An act of war from Israel – but why now?
People I’ve spoken to in the Syrian capital are calling today’s blasts by far the biggest they’ve seen in more than two years of war.
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Alex Thomson
Syria and chemical weapons: 12 key questions
Amid talk of war crimes and red lines, there are some important questions which we should bear in mind.
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Alex Thomson
Syrian security situation: worse than we are being told?
Reporting on Syria’s civil war is proving a dangerous business, but is the reluctance of media organisations to tell of the true risks actually doing the public a disservice?
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Alex Thomson
Q&A: How foreign journalists operate in Syria
Judging by my twitter feed and inbox, an awful lot of people out there have some very wrong ideas about how ‘official’ reporting of the Syrian war happens. So let’s clear up some wild ideas out there.
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Alex Thomson
Syria: Weathering the storm
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson chances upon a factory manager battling to keep a sense of normality in war torn Syria.
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Alex Thomson
Syria’s civilian casualties – does either side care?
I am staring at it right now – the impact zone. Somebody decided this was a target, and whoever it was, they had to have known that it was an area full of civilians.
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Alex Thomson
The kidnap capital of Syria
Damascus probably sees more sectarian kidnaps now than anywhere else on earth. Hell – why qualify? More kidnaps full stop.
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Alex Thomson
Searching for truth in the debris
All sides tell lies in war, but this latest claim by the Syrian government, of a chemical attack near Aleppo, is one that the UN is taking seriously.
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Alex Thomson
Syria’s war: ‘a new low’ as 50 die in mosque bombing
With the bombing of the Iman mosque in Syria, “a new day has dawned and in the cynicism of this war a new level of descent has been reached”.
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Alex Thomson
The growing cancer of sectarian hate in Syria
In the thick of a violent civil war any attempt to point out the strange normality of life in much of central Damascus will be met as blatant pro-Assad war propaganda.
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Alex Thomson
How can we find the truth about ‘chemical weapons’ in Syria?
The first, and second, and third response to today’s news from Syria should be to bring out the heavy-duty inverted commas.
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Alex Thomson
Assad’s warning – don’t let Syria become another Somalia
Rebels control large parts of his country: but as President Assad gave a defiant speech to Syrians last night, he played on real fears about its future – and the spectre of a Somali style collapse.