#jaysh-al-islam

#jaysh-al-islam

As the chapter closes on Yasser Abu Shabab, 32, the Popular Forces militia leader who appeared in Rafah during the war and was widely viewed as a collaborator with Israel, Ghassan al-Duhaini has been named his successor. Soon after Abu Shabab was killed last Thursday, reportedly during a family dispute mediation, al-Duhaini, who was said to be injured in the same altercation, appeared in a video online dressed in military fatigues and walking among masked fighters under his command.

"The Assad regime committed most of the atrocities and crimes, but other groups must also be brought to justice for their crimes. Only then will Syria have a chance of a future."