Telling Syria's story: Media across the battle lines

A look at efforts in Damascus to sell the war inside Syria; plus, how exiled Syrian journalists send the news back home.


With the advance of pro-government forces on the Syrian city of Aleppo and a tenuous ceasefire negotiation taking place in Munich, we break format this week with a special edition of The Listening Post.

It has been nearly five years since the fighting began and if you follow the Syria coverage you will find yourself entangled in a spider's web of conflicting narratives.

Between Syrian state media, myriad opposition outlets, and international media - with a growing vested interest in Syria - getting an accurate picture of the country is near impossible. Helping us to navigate through the complexities of the coverage we talk to Hayvi Bouzo - correspondent at Orient TV; Omar Al Ghazzi - Media Scholar at University of Sheffield; Habib Bhatta, editor at The Beirut Report and journalist Nabih Bulos.