Will this ever end so that the Syrians can pick up the pieces and attempt to get on with their lives?
'You are all responsible for our death', declare besieged Syrians
Date
August 21, 2015 - 6:18PM

Ruth Pollard
Middle East Correspondent
Syrian army recaptures villages in the north
Syrian government forces launch more than 100 air strikes on parts of the Sahl al-Ghab plain to recapture territories seized by rebels, according to the Syrian army.
Beirut: "[The] Assad regime is killing us and destroying our city. You are all responsible for our death. Your silence is keeping him strong. Remember we only wanted to live in a free Syria."
This despairing "message to the world" from the people of Zabadani, a hill town near the Lebanese border that has been under siege since 2012, was posted on Twitter on August 15 as the seven-week battle between the Syrian army, backed by Hezbollah fighters, and opposition rebel groups intensified.
Zabadani citizens have endured more than 600 barrel bombs - huge, improvised explosives dropped from Syrian air force helicopters - in the two months since June, in a wave of terror from the sky that was met with rockets and heavy mortars from rebel groups.
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'You are all responsible for our death'
'You are all responsible for our death', declare besieged Syrians
Date
August 21, 2015 - 6:18PM
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Ruth Pollard
Middle East Correspondent
Syrian army recaptures villages in the north
Syrian government forces launch more than 100 air strikes on parts of the Sahl al-Ghab plain to recapture territories seized by rebels, according to the Syrian army.
Beirut: "[The] Assad regime is killing us and destroying our city. You are all responsible for our death. Your silence is keeping him strong. Remember we only wanted to live in a free Syria."
This despairing "message to the world" from the people of Zabadani, a hill town near the Lebanese border that has been under siege since 2012, was posted on Twitter on August 15 as the seven-week battle between the Syrian army, backed by Hezbollah fighters, and opposition rebel groups intensified.
Zabadani citizens have endured more than 600 barrel bombs - huge, improvised explosives dropped from Syrian air force helicopters - in the two months since June, in a wave of terror from the sky that was met with rockets and heavy mortars from rebel groups.
Read more:
'You are all responsible for our death'