Science, Medicine, and Anthropology This article is part of the following series: Aftermath
I. ‘Everything is the same level as the ground’
As protests against Assad morphed into slaughter, Khalid[i] did his best to avoid fighting. At the time, he was a law student, but the advent of war meant he was no longer exempt from military service. Once the government stooges came around, yanking young men off the streets, forcing them …