Insanely Clear Drone Footage Shows a Syrian Army Offensive in a Rebel Stronghold of Damascus

Unnervingly clear drone footage shows an ongoing Syrian army offensive against a rebel stronghold in Damascus.

Footage of the offensive filmed by RussiaWorks, a Russian company with ties to the Kremlin, is vividly clear. And it shows the severe damage that the Damascus neighborhood of Jobar has withstood since the popular uprisings against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad first started in 2011.

Jobar has frequently borne the brunt of regime attacks because of its proximity to government-held areas of Damascus. In April of 2013, several French reporters with La Monde reported seeing a series of chemical attacks in the neighborhood.

Business Insider cannot independently confirm the authenticity of the video. But the footage tracks with other pro-Kremlin videos RussiaWorks has produced to bolster domestic support for Moscow's foreign incursions, from Crimea to Syria.

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“RussiaWorks is part of a slick campaign by the Kremlin to sell the war at home and project Russia as a military power,” Boris Zilberman, a Russia expert at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told BI.

“The videos are put together by a number of Russian war correspondents/production folks that are tied to the Kremlin and probably have a lot of time on their hands — and some good drones — to make highly edited videos.”

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