In this episode of VICE Inside, as trials tied to the brutal Assad regime begin this week, Shane Smith sits down with former VICE correspondent Isobel Yeung to look back on their reporting in Syria and the experience of working there. They revisit moments from Aleppo and Damascus, where active frontlines and everyday life existed side by side — and reflect on the strange disconnect between what was happening on the ground and what people were allowed to say on camera. Isobel shares what it was like reporting under constant oversight, navigating government minders, and trying to capture reality inside a system built to control the narrative — along with what didn’t make it into the final cuts. A conversation about memory, perspective, and the lasting impact of reporting from a place defined by conflict and contradiction.