Sentence examples for syrian defectors from inspiring English sources

According to the Foreign Policy Web site, the American investigation into the allegations of chemical weapons use drew on interviews with Syrian defectors, doctors and activists.

Mr. Omar and other Syrian activists said one of the challenges facing the resistance was that many Syrian defectors were forced to leave their guns behind when they fled, which left them exposed and vulnerable.

While Syrian defectors and other opponents of Mr. Assad have said before that he has used gas and other chemical weapons in the conflict, those assertions have never been corroborated independently.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Armed Syrian defectors took their uprising into the heart of a heavily guarded and wealthy district of Damascus on Monday, clashing with security forces in what activists and residents called the most intense fighting in such a strategic area since the protests against President Bashar al-Assad began a year ago.

Another main criticism was the perceived corruption within the group - Syrian defectors from Isis complained about the privileges given to foreign fighters, where others pointed out more direct racism within the group, such as one Indian Isis recruit who was forced to clean toilets due to the colour of his skin.

"Mr. Omar's harrowing tale fits an all-too-familiar pattern in which soldiers are deployed away from their hometowns to help ensure that they will be less likely to refuse an order to kill," said Ole Solvang, a researcher at Human Rights Watch who has interviewed dozens of Syrian defectors, including Mr. Omar.

The pair paid the same Syrian defector who led them across the border to join their translator in secretly entering a Syrian refugee camp on the Turkish side of the border.

But one of these witnesses is a Syrian defector with a history of telling tall tales.

A Syrian defector known as Caesar in 2013 smuggled out tens of thousands of photos taken between May 2011 and August 2013 that show at least 6,786 separate individuals who had died in government custody, HRW said in a report issued in December.

In 2013, a Syrian defector known as Caesar smuggled out tens of thousands of photos taken between May 2011 and August 2013 that show at least 6,786 separate individuals who had died in government custody, HRW said in a report issued in December.

Syrian Army defectors have also called for such zones, though they envision them as staging grounds for attacks on the Syrian military.