“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 ...