CHAMPAGNE FLOWS WHILE SYRIA BURNS.

SYRIAN Civil War, 2011-; SYRIAN social conditions, 1971-; EVERYDAY life; WAR & society; ASSAD, Bashar, 1965-; SYRIANS; UNITED Nations; CRIME victims

The article discusses the conditions in Syria as of July 2012, focusing on the attempts by Syrian citizens to carry on their normal daily lives amid the violence and chaos of a country at war. It states that the United Nations has estimated that close to 100,000 people have been killed in Syria over a 15-month period under the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Some of the difficulties which journalists face in covering the war in Syria are also mentioned.