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
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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
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.
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Alex Thomson
Damascene Vision
“Traffic cops, immaculate and in designer shades, politely ask to see our Ministry of Information permission. Presently, sensibly in the shade of some trees, a not-so-very-secret mukhabarrat secret policeman will radio our information to his desk from our translator.”