Alex Thomson
An insight into Syria’s frontline
An exclusive insight into life on the frontline in the Syrian army, as young soldiers talk of their motivation for fighting an increasingly bitter civil war.
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Syria: on our own
“At the risk of repeating myself, there’s some nonsense being pedalled on social media about the story we broke recently in Aqrab.”
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Alex Thomson
‘Fear and anxiety’ in Damascus
A bomb in Damascus narrowly misses a primary school, leaving teachers and pupils to cope with the aftermath.
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Alex Thomson
Damascus international: your flight to Aleppo is now departing
“We were able to film an airport which – contrary to the impression that has gone global – is not just open, but functioning.”
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Alex Thomson
Was there a massacre in the Syrian town of Aqrab?
Alex Thomson is the first western journalist to reach the outskirts of Aqrab – a Syrian town from which reports are emerging of a “major massacre”.
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Alex Thomson
The badlands of Syria’s vicious civil war
Amid the fog of Syria’s civil war reports emerge of a boy encouraged to behead “an enemy of God”, while civilians continue to be killed in indiscriminate attacks.
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Alex Thomson
Leaving the normality of Damascus for the killing fields
It is that most mundane of journeys, from the capital city to the international airport, which you’ve done so many times, which really brings home how things are changing here in Syria.
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Alex Thomson
Back on the road to Damascus
Syria’s capital has changed profoundly since Alex Thomson last visited in the summer, with checkpoints now scattered across the city and the rumble of fighter bomber attacks in the distance.
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Alex Thomson
Syria, a weapon of mass deception?
As things grow ever tetchier around Damascus, we need to remind ourselves in the UK that we won’t get fooled again over chemical weapons claims.
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Chemical threat hanging over Syria's civil war
The battle for Damascus may have begun, but Syria has the biggest arsenal of chemical weapons in the Middle East – and what is to stop them being used if they fall into the wrong hands?
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Alex Thomson
Is the battle for Syria entering its final phase?
President Assad is bombing his own people daily, yet the rebels are gaining ground. With another key official defecting to the west, how long can the regime hold on?
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Alex Thomson
The battle to report the facts of Syria’s war
Shell bursts would occur every few minutes, at all parts of the town. They fell from the southern fringes to the northern end of the town with utter unpredictability.
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Alex Thomson
International relations unravel beyond Syria
Alex Thomson blogs on the international ramifications of the twists and turns in the Syrian conflict.
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Alex Thomson
Your guide to what the hell is going on in Syria
The police state is alive and well. Most people appear either to support the regime still or they are hedging their bets and don’t want to confront men with AK47s as yet.
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Alex Thomson
Behind the scenes of Syria’s propaganda war
Alex Thomson blogs on the battle to win the propaganda war in Syria – and what is motivating foreign interference.