‘Syria has being destroyed for almost five years but is still alive…’

There is a war on, but life goes on

Nowadays, on TV you rarely see reports from Syria, telling about not the war, but about life in the country. We will try to expose some intentionally distributed hoaxes and incorrect stereotypes.

Yes, the country is experiencing imposed civil war. But most of the residents do not hide in basements. Many Syrians are trying to escape from the captured by militants settlements not abroad, but in Damascus, where is a strong position of the Syrian government, Tartous, Latakia, Hama, cities in southern Syria. Although the hoaxers say that the leadership in Damascus is dreaming of destroying their own people.

Virtually all over the country buses circulate according their schedule. And what may surprise the reader – the Ministry of Tourism never stopped working.

In fact, the Syrian capital, is almost all intact. What, unfortunately, cannot be said about its suburbs.

The suburbs are the refuge for militants

Very often we can hear from people who are not familiar with the real situation in Syria, that Damascus, the capital of the state, allegedly lays in ruins. That, 'in the evil USA will be in ruins, like Damascus' and all that.

In fact, the Syrian capital is almost intact. What, unfortunately, cannot be said about its suburbs. On the outskirts there were buildings and quarters built without a permit, there were entire villages, that were a headache for the Syrian government and administrative departments before the war. Kind of a shanghais – like in the old movies about the Chinese mafia. Sociologists state that in such neighborhoods there is an increased level of criminalization of the population. Existance, according to the Marxism scholars, defines human consciousness. And they were right in this.

In these illegal buildings, people often lived in condition of insufficiently sanitary. They simply littered under their feet, and this litter was not cleaned. Here, little attention was paid to education and training. Some families took children away from school after 4-6 years of study and sent to work. Among them were many of those who sympathized with terrorists, helped them and gave them shelter.

From there, some time after the local disorders, they began to fire on the army. There, people escaped, hiding from the militants. There, people made improvised explosive devices for terrorist attacks. Later, these blocks became one of the arenas of confrontation. Now they lie in ruins.

People continue to go to work and school, to entertain, to trade, to sit in a café.

War signs: falling shells and funerals of citizens

In general, the Syrian capital still avoids the sad fate of the destroyed neighborhoods of Homs and Aleppo – the cities that are most significantly affected by hostilities. Nevertheless, a peaceful life in areas that have not been captured by militants is continuing there too.

People continue to go to work and school, to entertain (yes, concerts and exhibitions are held), to trade, to sit in cafes, to arrange weddings and have children. To live the typical peaceful life. But here and theresorrow and death burst in this trying to be peaceful everyday life.

Sometimes they come in the form of home-made shells, which are fired at a city by the militants from the suburbs. When breaking, the metal body shatters into dozens or even hundreds of shards that can injure or kill those who happened to be in the epicenter of the explosion. Mines fly in the houses, destroy bought on credit cars, get into standing on the roofs tanks with fuel for heating, which leads to the fires.

But here and there sorrow and death burst in this trying to be peaceful everyday life…

Another sign of the ongoing war – funerals of Syrians, living in the city of all religious faiths (in Damascus and throughout Syria they are nearly 17). Someone was killed by a shell, someone was killed in combat while serving in the army, someone became a victim of firing by the militants driving on the highway transport or appeared at the site of the attack before its implementation.

Syria has being destroyed for almost five years but is still alive…