Alisa Reznick is a UW graduate originally from Flagstaff, Arizona. She currently lives in Amman, Jordan, where she works as a freelance journalist and photographer. Her work has appeared on NPR-partner station KUOW, the Seattle Times, Al Jazeera English and the Seattle Globalist, among others. She can be reached at alisa.reznick@gmail.com or on Twitter at @AlisaReznick. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/alisa-reznick/rss en Human Rights Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Alisa Reznick https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/01/08/young-syrians-make-easy-prey-for-militants https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/01/08/young-syrians-make-easy-prey-for-militants By September, Abu Mahmoud said the family faced an ultimatum. They could either accept a new life in Raqqa under the banner of ISIS, he said, or they could flee.