The Fighting Faithful: Jihad ravages Syria as Ramadan begins [video]

Russia Today
July 21, 2012

Government forces in Syria are launching all-out counter attacks in the capital to reclaim districts held by rebels. But the country is now facing a new, religious front. It’s split over when to start marking the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan. It’s meant to be a time of peace and prayer in the Muslim world – but Syrians have little hope it will help curtail violence, as RT’s Oksana Boyko now reports from Damascus.