A Syrian regime militiaman walks underneath anti-sniper screens on a devastated street near the frontline in Tadamon, January 2014. Photograph: Sipa US/Alamy’Anna Sh’Annsar had been a vocal critic of Assad since the outbreak of the Syrian war. When she found a taker, she told them she was a researcher studying the Syrian regime for her thesis. We listened to all the stories, not focusing only on their crimes.”“Some of these people got attached to Anna,” Uğur continued. In fleeing his surroundings – the innermost circle of the Assad regime – he has condemned himself to a life of exile.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2022 17:42 UTC