A Journalist's Report From Syria's Devastated Countryside In Idlib Province

Inside The Idlib Province: Losing Hope In Syria's Devastated Countryside -- Spiegel Online

The world is still hoping that the efforts of United Nations envoy Kofi Annan will succeed in Syria, but regime forces have inflicted such brutal destruction in the country's northwest Idlib province that no one there believes peace is possible anymore. A SPIEGEL journalist reports from the embattled countryside.

The fresh, shimmering leaves of olive trees stretch to the horizon. Thyme grows wild here, but the air is filled with the stench of decay. "They even shot the cows," the farmer says. Their corpses, crawling with maggots, now lie outside the village. "They shot at everything: people, animals, houses," he says. "They even flattened the potato fields with their tank treads."

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My Comment: Not surprising .... Human Rights Watch is now accusing Syria's Bashar Assad of war crimes.