Syria war: President Assad's frontline visit

Name: Syria war: President Assad's frontline visit
Uploaded: 2018-03-19T19:02:21.000Z
Duration: 54 s
Description: The Syrian president drove to congratulate his troops for ousting rebels from 80% of Eastern Ghouta.

This video can not be played

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has made his first visit to Eastern Ghouta in years to congratulate his troops for retaking the 80% of the area.

Rebels had held Eastern Ghouta since 2012.

More than 1,100 civilians have been killed since pro-government forces stepped up an offensive a month ago.

Middle East

19 March 2018