Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
A very brave guy to speak up like that I should think, especially considering where he is employed.

Thanks for the other articles - unbelievably harrowing stuff.

Now we have the Syrian uprising situation to add to the mix. I have been speaking with our Syrian refugee family today about this latest news as they still have relatives in the Deraa district which is where the rebel fighters are now. The Syrian mum's mother is living near Deraa City and she told the family over the phone last night that there are armed rebels where she is and she is scared. On the news we see a mixture of reactions from the people - some are euphoric with joy and others are scared, fleeing from their homes. On the one hand the family will be pleased to see Assad toppled (the civil war was the reason they fled their home in 2013 and ended up in Wales) but they are conscious of the likely chaotic future for their country with so many different factions involved - nightmare.

I suspect Assad will do a runner soon as Damascus will be next. I assume he would not be universally accepted elsewhere - Russia or Iran?
Do you have any information on how much the population has dropped in Damascus over recent years?