大象传媒

Lyse Doucet talks to those who have survived - or are surviving - the conflict in Syria.

Five years ago, protests in Syria as part of the Arab Spring, were put down with violence by the Syrian Government. The mass protests quickly became an armed rebellion, with increasing sectarian involvement. As the conflict escalated, other countries became involved with Russia commencing air strikes in September 2015, and areas of the country becoming strongholds of so-called Islamic State militants.

The Syrian conflict has changed people's lives irrevocably and, in this series of interviews, they reflect on the situation in which they find themselves.

Episode 4: Prof. Dr. Maamoun Abdulkarim is the Director General for Antiquities and Museums in Syria. He's in charge of a staff of around 2500, many of them are his former students who are now volunteers. As the five year conflict continues, they've been doing their best to protect Syria's collections of artefacts, and historic sites.

Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.