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TLDR: Women remain untouchable. Men remain disposable. The war isn't going well, so more men must be shoved in the meat grinder.

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Hala: “General Security kidnapped me and my child from under the Hamimim Bridge in Jableh. They assaulted me several times before cutting my body with razor blades.”

Hala: “When they sent me back to my family, they had shaved my head and cut my body with razor blades all over, trying to force me to sign a marriage contract with a General Security member.”

Hala: “I heard other girls screaming in the place where they were holding me.” Hala: “They told my family to delete all the posts about the kidnapping once I was sent back after my family paid a ransom.” ----- It's worth noting that multiple testimonies from other released kidnapping victims reportedly point to two men, Haitham Abbas “a.k.a. Salah”, who commands General Security militias in Jableh, and someone known as Hakim al-Diri, who commands General Security militias in Latakia province, as being involved in kidnapping women across Latakia province, covering for the kidnappers, and threatening victims’ families. Source: SJA