Syrian Civil War coverage

Coverage of the ongoing Civil War in Syria has been extremely varied amongst five different news sources. The Guardian’s top story is the recent release of UN hostages held be insurgents the previous week. Al Jazeera is focusing on a number of bodies that have washed up on a river in the city of Aleppo. The BBC is reporting a militant group is claiming responsibility for killing Syrian soldiers in Iraq. Bloomberg is reporting that Turkey has arrested five-people linked to a car-bombing near the Turkish-Syrian border, and Now Lebanon is covering a delay amongst the Syrian opposition for a meeting to form a government. Sprinkled in amongst all of these outlets is concerns about UN reports on the Syrian refugee crisis. Priorities in terms of coverage amongst Western media outlets seems primarily focused on events and impacts outside of Syria while Now Lebanon and Al Jazeera offer more in-depth reporting on events within Syria itself, which may be indicators of each outlet trying to cater to their audiences specific interests on the matter.