https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/akil-hussein/rss en Health Human Rights Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 19 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Akil Hussein https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/12/19/pharmacist-delivers-health-creates-community-in-turkey https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/12/19/pharmacist-delivers-health-creates-community-in-turkey GAZIANTEP — Every morning Dr. Younes heads to the pharmacy next to his home in this Turkish border town, where there is rising demand for Arabic-speaking pharmacists as ailing Syrian refugees, unable to speak anything but Arabic, pour across the border. Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Akil Hussein https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/11/21/a-shabiha-visits-with-his-mother https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/11/21/a-shabiha-visits-with-his-mother ALEPPO — Um Walid, a widow in her 50s, was finally able to set up a brief meeting for this journalist with her son, Walid, at their family home at the edge of a liberated area of Aleppo.Her son is a member of the shabiha, a pro-Assad fighter who aids the regime whenever needed.