An overview of all the expedients Syrians have to go through to escape reserve service, and how this is feeding a corrupted business in regime-held areas.
The cliché most often heard during times of war is the need to love in order to overcome hatred; that war has acted to strengthen the bond between two people....
The 25-year-old recruit suffered much psychological deterioration while serving in the army, forced to obey his officers, even though he was longing to join the revolution.