Defecting Syrian soldier tells of his marriage torn apart by brutal conflict in Homs - Telegraph

Defecting Syrian soldier tells of his marriage torn apart by brutal conflict in Homs - Telegraph: His wife - whose first name Major Emhammed declined to give for her own protection - believed what state television told her, as did her family and community. The major, although a privileged man because of his marriage and an officer in the army, saw a different reality each day in the streets.
"Every time I returned home I explained what was happening at the checkpoints. I said it was a sin that the Shabeha [regime thugs] killed protesters. But she doesn't understand what the Shabeha are. She wouldn't agree with me, she would become confused and say she is just against killing."