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On the night of 6 December, Mohammed el-Nadaf, a soldier in the Syrian army, was at his position in Homs.<\/b><\/p>\n

As rebels led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) pushed into the city, days after they had seized control of Aleppo and Hama in a lightning offensive, Mohammed decided he didn’t want to fight.<\/p>\n

“We had no orders, no information. I took off my uniform, left my weapons, and started to make my way to my village in Tartous,” he said.<\/p>\n

At around the same time, Mohammed Ramadan was at a position on the outskirts of the capital, Damascus.<\/p>\n

“There was no one to give orders to us. Many of our commanders fled before us. So I thought, why should I die and fight for someone who didn’t even give me enough of a salary to be able to feed my family?<\/p>\n

“For our daily rations as soldiers we got just one egg and one potato.”<\/p>\n

The next morning, he also left his position and went home.<\/p>\n

The testimony of the soldiers provides an insight into the rapid collapse of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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