Syria contributor: Phil Sands Phil Sands is the Syria correspondent for The National. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/phil-sands/rss en Syrian Chemical Attack Spurs Finger-Pointing Inside Assad Regime Government & Pro-Government Forces Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Phil Sands https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/08/29/syrian-chemical-attack-spurs-finger-pointing-inside-assad-regime https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/08/29/syrian-chemical-attack-spurs-finger-pointing-inside-assad-regime ANTAKYA / United Nations weapons inspectors will today examine the site of a chemical weapons attack in Damascus that killed hundreds, as the first signs of finger-pointing inside the Assad regime began to emerge. View From a Damascus Roof: Mortars, MiGs and Men at War Government & Pro-Government Forces Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Phil Sands https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/02/07/view-from-a-damascus-roof-mortars-migs-and-men-at-war https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/02/07/view-from-a-damascus-roof-mortars-migs-and-men-at-war This is the first cross-post between News Deeply and The National, the government-owned English-language newspaper in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Phil Sands has been the paper’s Syria correspondent for four years. Here, he paints a picture of Damascus – a city on the edge.