Layal Abou Rahal

Layal Abou Rahal is Beirut Deputy Bureau Chief at the Agence France-Presse #AFP, covering Lebanon & Syria news.

As 50,000 Flee Regime Assault on Daraa, Rebels Face Surrender or Death

Beirut (AFP) – Facing Russian and regime bombardment and abandoned by international backers Jordan and the United States, rebels in southern Syria are left with few options — all of them unsavoury. – Where’s the outside support? – Syria’s south is a strategic zone bordering Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan, and easily accessible from the […]