BBC RADIO 4 Syrian Voices, 14 - 18 March

Lyse Doucet talks to the people who have survived – or are surviving – the conflict in Syria

Five years ago, protests in Syria as part of the Arab Spring were clamped down on 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 and commenced air strikes in September 2015 and areas of the country became strongholds of so-called Islamic State terrorists. The Syrian conflict has changed people’s lives irrevocably and, in this series of interviews, they reflect on the situation they find themselves in.

Ep 1/5 Monday 14 March, 12.00pm - 12.15pm GMT