Tuesday, March 1, 2016

After 5 Years Of War Syria's Rebels Are Exhausted And Sidelined


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:

Don Bacon said...

One can see the difference between a terrorist and a moderate terrorist here.

phill said...

Your crayon skills are sick son!