Deir al-Zour, like many sites in Syria, has been laid waste by the war, leaving more Syrians fleeing as aid runs low. Credit Khalil Ashawi/Reuters
Batoul Karbijha, Al Jazeera: How blood feud is growing among the Syrian youth
The schism in the fabric of Syrian society is very evident and yet intricate at the same time.
"We will take revenge from everyone who kept silent and everyone who applauded the death of all innocent immaculate souls in Aleppo," Hosam Al-Bakri, a teary-eyed youth refugee told me, referring to the recent recapture of Aleppo, considered as a fateful victory for the Syrian regime over the armed opposition.
"Assad is worse than ISIL, believe me," he continued. This judgement may raise a few eyebrows, but it shouldn't, as this is an inevitable sentiment of young people watching their fellow countrymen killed in cold blood and evacuated from their homes.
Aleppo was a key battleground in the war between forces loyal to the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and rebels who want to overthrow him.
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WNU Editor: Feelings of revenge are almost always the out come of every war .... but with time will dissipate. Will this happen in Syria .... yes .... but I suspect that it is going to take more than just a few generations.
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2 generations later and they still have it out for you and you were not even born then.
If they have hard feelings, well, something can be done about it.
Fight with other people and no problem ... marry them.
"Will this happen in Syria .... yes .... but I suspect that it is going to take more than just a few generations."
Those willing to accept the Syrian Government will do fine, after all, many have had the "benifit" of living under jihadi rule, and given a choice between relocating to jihadi areas or Government areas, the vast majority chose the Government areas.
Jihadi sympathizers like the ones quoted in the article, will eventually wind up in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon as refugees, then come to the West.
At that point in time, Liz Sly and the US State Department will finally stop calling them "rebels" and "social activists".
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