re: #516 Obdicut

And those that are trying to get the story from behind the Assad veil of secrecy are all that more courageous. They’re working against the odds - and the government is actively opposed to anyone other than their official mouthpieces telling the story of what’s going on in the country particularly in places like Hama and Homs where Assad’s crackdown is at its most severe.

Watch for Assad to claim that these journalists were working with and for the opposition “terrorist” groups and that they can’t be protected unless they’re in official journalist pools that have security minders.