... Directorate, carried out what the ministry described as a well coordinated security operation in Daraya, southwest of Damascus, on Sunday, 21 December, targeting an Islamic State group site.
Hassan played a central role in the campaign against Daraya (a city in the Damascus countryside, southwestern of Damascus) in 2012, when the former regime’s army sent tanks accompanied by Air Force...
Like a ghost in the night, Bilal Shorba, the artist they call the "SyrianBanksy", slipped through the rubble of Daraya to paint his murals, praying that Bashar al-Assad's gunners wouldn't spot him ... .