Trying To Survive In Syria

EXCLUSIVE: Daily Life In War-Torn Damascus -- France 24/AFP

Despite the constant threat of bombings, some residents of the Syrian capital are intent on leading as normal a life as possible.

In this exclusive report, FRANCE 24 meets a number of Syrians trying to go about their daily lives.

Fighting between government and rebel forces has intensified in and around Damascus in recent days. Yet in the government-held neighbourhoods of the Syrian capital, only birds and visitors jump at the sound of bombings and artillery fire.

These areas have been spared from direct fighting, but their inhabitants live with the constant sound of detonations. Anas is one of the residents who have become used to it.

“It’s just a normal feeling, after two years. We want to keep on living. Anywhere, you can have a bomb,” he says.

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My Comment: As bad as it is in places like Damascus, it is worse in the countryside .... Graphic YouTube video shows Al Qaeda stopping Syrian truck drivers and murdering them for not being Sunni VIDEO (The Global Dispatch)

Update: Inside a refugee camp with Syria's 'lost generation' -- NBC