After the Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, was toppled and fled to Moscow, Western journalists – including Bel Trew of The Independent – have been uncovering the full horror of a civil war that cost hundreds of thousands of lives. The Assad regime prosecuted the war on its own citizens with chemical weapons, and tortured opponents with extreme cruelty.
As Assad and his Russian allies waged war on Syrian citizens, many parts of the country were devastated by bombing and shelling.
