Akil Hosain is a contributor based in Syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/akil-hosain/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Akil Hosain https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/04/conversations-my-pro-assad-son-arrested-his-pro-rebel-brother https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/04/conversations-my-pro-assad-son-arrested-his-pro-rebel-brother When Um Ahmad talks about her sons, she shows a resigned remorse. “I don’t see them anymore,” she says about Ahmad, who chose to fight on the side of the government, and Mohammed, who became an opposition activist.