SYRIA: Foreign media given rare official access to restive town of Hama

Record ID: 279985

  • Title: SYRIA: Foreign media given rare official access to restive town of Hama
  • Date: 12th August 2011
  • Summary: HAMA, SYRIA (AUGUST 11, 2011) (REUTERS) VEHICLES VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE FROM MOVING CAR VARIOUS OF EMPTY STREETS IN HAMA DAMAGED CAR ON CORNER OF ROAD MORE OF STREETS IN HAMA, WITH SOME PEOPLE ON THE ROADS ARMY VEHICLE STATIONED IN FRONT OF BUILDING BURNT AND DAMAGED BUILDING BURNT VEHICLES
  • Embargoed: 27th August 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA2WCVFQKMIFFZW850LHN2WKHFU
  • Story Text: Foreign media was allowed access to the central city of Hama on Thursday (August 11) organised by the Turkish Foreign Ministry and sanctioned by the Syrian government.
    This comes after the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for meetings that touched on a 10-day assault on the symbolic epicentre of protests against the president's 11-year rule.
    Following the talks a Turkish envoy to Syria then travelled to Hama on Wednesday (August 10) reporting that tanks and artillery had been withdrawn from the town.
    This marks the first time the city has been accessed by foreign media after a bloody military assault that has claimed the lives of at least 300 people according to human rights groups.
    The foreign journalists were also scheduled to visit Deir al-Zour before returning home.
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