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[FONT="]Since the first months of the Syrian revolution in 2011, desertions from the ranks of the Syrian regime's army have been a daily phenomenon. Tens of thousands of men have deserted - and my destiny was to become one of them.[/FONT][FONT="]
During my childhood, my favourite toy was a type of plastic soldier. The army was always somewhere inside me, and I grew up dreaming of being in the army and protecting my country from enemies. I never imagined that the day would come when I would discover that this army and all its promises were one giant lie.
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[FONT="]In the winter of 2013 in Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, I was doing my compulsory military service which at the time involved working in a messaging centre on a computer.[/FONT]
[FONT="]I had started in 2010, months before the start of the revolution. It was supposed to be for a year-and-a-half, but my stint turned into three years because of the war. If I was still in Syria, maybe I would still be serving.
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Very interesting article on the inner workings of the Syrian Arab Army. Not only does it seem that the Syrian Arab Army is brutal to its people but is also brutal to its own soldiers. It seems that there is a lot of corruption inside the Syrian Arab Army. [/FONT]