NPR: 5 Years On, Syria's Moderate Rebels Are Exhausted And Sidelined
At a rehabilitation center in Turkey, just over the border from Syria, Bassam Farouh raises and lowers leg weights, wincing and holding onto a rail.
The gray-haired Farouh is a Syrian rebel fighter who battled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's army for years, until he was wounded in a Russian airstrike on his hometown across the border two months ago.
"It wasn't a war at first, it was a revolution against the system," he says. "We were trying to take a stance against the system and that led us here."
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WNU Editor: I question NPR's use of the term "moderate rebel" .... but aside from that .... after 5 years of war I am sure that anyone (and everyone) .... and all sides .... soldeirs and civilians .... everyone is tired of this war.
2 comments:
One can see the difference between a terrorist and a moderate terrorist here.
Your crayon skills are sick son!
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