Esther Adorno has a heartbreaking dispatch. A young Syrian, Qassem, explains the government's recuitment efforts:
“They take you for two weeks, place you in squads of ten men each, and use you as irregular, non-uniformed snipers. They give you a weapon and tell you to shoot. If you don’t shoot, they shoot you … they return you to your family wrapped in a white bedsheet, calling you a martyr and saying it was the terrorists who killed you."
The Dish 