Have left syria. Richard conway has spent time with members of the squad in damascus, and the whole team in malaysia where they won a qualifying match against uzbekistan. He reports now for our world. They are the unlikely sporting heroes in a Country Route is apart by conflict. Country ripped apart. Syria is in the midst of a bloody civil war but the National Football tea m bloody civil war but the National Football team is trying to send a message it hopes canon transcend political and religious differences. Hopes can. Iam i am following the team as they compete for a place in footballs biggest tournament, the world cup. Some syrians refused to support the tea m some syrians refused to support the team because it is associated with the aside regime. Assad. But for others, even those who have fled for their lives, the team is a symbol of national pride. The team has defied the odds by beating some of asias guest at best. Biggest and best. Now they are on the road again competing for s
Sporting heroes in a country ripped apart by conflict. Syria is in the midst of a bloody civil war but the National Football team is trying to send a message it hopes can transcend political and religious differences. I am following the team as they compete for a place in footballs biggest tournament, the world cup. Some syrians refused to support the team because it is associated with the assad regime. But for others, even those who have fled for their lives, the team is a symbol of national pride. The team has defied the odds by beating some of asias biggest and best. Now they are on the road again competing for so much more than just football glory. It is friday afternoon in damascus, and the weekend is under way. Prayers in the morning, and like so many places around the world, football in the afternoon. It is here that i meet tarek, Assistant Coach of syrias National Team. I am joining him as he watches a low key fixture in syrias premier league, which is also attempting to carry
Sporting heroes in a country ripped apart by conflict. Syria is in the midst of a bloody civil war but the National Football team is trying to send a message it hopes can transcend political and religious differences. I am following the team as they compete for a place in footballs biggest tournament, the world cup. Some syrians refused to support the team because it is associated with the assad regime. But for others, even those who have fled for their lives, the team is a symbol of national pride. The team has defied the odds by beating some of asias biggest and best. Now they are on the road again competing for so much more than just football glory. It is friday afternoon in damascus, and the weekend is under way. Prayers in the morning, and like so many places around the world, football in the afternoon. It is here that i meet tarek, Assistant Coach of syrias National Team. I am joining him as he watches a low key fixture in syrias premier league, which is also attempting to carry
We can see a large crowd on our pictures live pictures. People gathered around. They getting information from the police down there . Were not at the moment that we will try to. As you say, it is quite confused space at the moment. I think feelings are running very high at the moment. Because the those in the neighbourhood feel that the individual who had been injured we re the individual who had been injured were deliberately targeted because they were muslim. We dont know that, we havent had that confirmed that, we havent had that confirmed that that is the feeling here. Can you give us an idea of the age and sex is of the group down here. This is just after midnight that people we re is just after midnight that people were coming out off their midnight praise. Where their women and children . Definitely. They were very anxious, indeed. We can see there is quite a big Police Operation there are now live pictures. Police have lined up one of the junctions. Are now live pictures. Polic
And 2am in the iraqi city of mosul where the Great Mosque Of Al Nuri has been destroyed by the so called Islamic State. The announcement came from Iraqi Forces Close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with the offensive to retake the ias stronghold. The us general called it a crime against the people of muscle and all of iraq. Let me show you some of the pictures taken by a bbc cameraman just about an hour before the mosque was hit. You can see the famous leaning minaret, with the city nickname, the hunchback. In 2014 the eye as leader made his only public appearance there. The is leader. These images were taken soon after the mosque was destroyed and you can see it is hardly recognisable. A little while ago our correspondent in mosul spoke with my colleague and gave the latest. It is confirmed that the mosque and the Historical Dome was destroyed a couple of hours ago. I was there in the evening with the Counterterrorism Force in iraq, which advanced to just 150 metres away from the m