There has been a huge spurt in the number of social media posts on Syria during the past few days. People are sharing posts with photos and videos saying that the world is not taking note of the developments in Syria.
The context is the Syrian government's moves to take back East Ghouta from so-called "rebels". East Ghouta, a pocket lying just 15 km east of the Syrian capital Damascus, has been held by "rebels" (basically terrorists) affiliated to Al-Qaeda and similar groups for quite some time.
There has been a large number of shellings and attacks on Damascus from East Ghouta. At least 116 people, including 18 children and 14 women have been killed as a result of these attacks since 16 November, according to pro-“rebel” . Now the Syrian government has moved to take back East Ghouta, following which the media campaign that we are now seeing began.
The source of much of the material that is being shared in Facebook, WhatsApp and so on are Western media outlets, including The New York Times and The Guardian, and also major West Asian media outlets such as Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera's affiliate AJ+, and Al Arabiya. Why that is the case, I'll get to in a while.
There has been a war going on against Syria for long now, with the US military itself being directly involved for more than five years in an attempt to topple the Syrian government.
On the front line of the war against Syria are so-called "rebels", led by some of the most vicious religious fundamentalists and terrorists in this planet. The "rebels" are backed by the US and its NATO allies, as well as by the Gulf monarchies led by Saudi Arabia.
So bad
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