Representation of Syrian Soldiers

The top left headline was taken from a blog and is the most controversial sounding of them all and also defies what the government are trying to do, this is most likely due to it being a blog where the person writing can comment on anything they wish in any manner therefore they are going to give their honest and personal opinions of what is going on. This is why they give the issue at hand but then question the motives that are trying to be put in place (arming the Syrians so that they can defend). Soldiers are represented in a sympathetic light due to what has happened and then questioning about arming the people who have done this reinforces the idea that the Syrians are being seen as the bad or ‘other’ people.

The top right one is from an online newspaper from India and their headline does not particularly sway either way but the use of ‘gruesome’ shows that they may feel the video is quite explicit and eye-opening in the ways of how some of the Syrians are acting and this may not be what they wish. The soldiers are again represented sympathetically and vulnerable in which they were “captured” and killed in a gruesome way that this newspaper may be seen as unnecessary

The bottom left is the most informative from The Telegraph, a British newspaper and represents them more as ‘the others’ by using “get first heavy weapons” and “right behind the official opposition”, whether this shows that The Telegraph do not back this decision or if it is just because the East are often shown to not be the same or as ‘the others’.

The bottom right is from the Metro and there is emphasis on how many soldiers the Syrians have killed at the military checkpoints, it appears to show this in a negative light as it does not give a reason and the soldiers are supposedly meant to be helping them defend so the use of them “hitting back” indicates that things are not going to plan and the Syrians are not as negotiable as first intended.