re: #168 Interesting Times

And Engel’s claiming that it was a pro-Assad Shi’ite group that took him, conducted mock executions, and was hoping to swap him for Iranian and Assad loyalists who were being held by the rebels.

It also points out how dangerous it is to be a reporter in highly unstable parts of the world, where being a journalist puts a bullseye on you and could subject you to being targeted by regimes, rogues, and terror groups. Engel will probably be right back in the thick of it before long although he’ll probably get a well deserved break.

As it is, the Syrian civil war isn’t going anywhere and the regime is locked in a bitter and bloody struggle that continues to ring up a horrific butchers bill.