“Think of North Korea,” said Belal. “That’s Syria.” Similarly, medical student Zain compared al-Assad’s regime to the Red Terror, the campaign of political repression and executions which took place ...

Assad, with his backers ... and I’m glad that my uncle’s blood didn’t go in vain,” said Zain al-Helal, 17, of Springfield, Va., who attended the rally at Lafayette Square Park with ...

Mohammed Zain Alfaisal says he will soon return to ... said he had "lost hope" of the Bashar al-Assad regime falling in his home country. Rebel forces seized control of Damascus on Sunday with ...