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Post-Assad Syria: Former soldiers give up their weapons for papers

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Summary
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73% Informative

Syrian soldiers tell how they were demoralised by the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

They say they were paid less than $35 a month and had to do other jobs to get by in a country where that would only cover a fraction of basic living costs.

At a "reconciliation centre" in Damascus , former military, police and intelligence officers can register for a civilian ID card and deposit their weapons.

Mounzer Abdullah was targeted because he was an Alawite , the minority sect from which the Assad family originates.

His wife, Nadine Abdullah , said she believed her husband was targeted.

HTS 's interim government has condemned the killing of the judges and said it will find the perpetrators.

VR Score

73

Informative language

68

Neutral language

72

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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