The War Correspondent in Syria | VICE Inside
Shane Smith sits down with former VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung to look back on their reporting in Syria.
As trials tied to the brutal Assad regime begin this week, Shane Smith talks down with former VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung. They revisit moments from Aleppo and Damascus, where active frontlines and everyday life existed side by side — and reflect on the strange disconnect between what was happening on the ground and what people were allowed to say on camera.
Isobel shares what it was like reporting under constant oversight, navigating government minders, and trying to capture reality inside a system built to control the narrative, along with what didn’t make it into the final cuts.