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Syria Crisis Causes Spike in Draft-Dodging as Young Men Refuse to Fight for Regime
(AP-Washington Post) A growing number of young Syrians are dodging the draft out of fear that military service will force them to kill their countrymen - or get killed themselves. Some hide out in opposition areas in Syria. Others flee the country. "Even if you support the government, you know the army is killing people, so given the choice to go or not, you won't go," said Rami Jarrah, who has four draft-dodgers in his office at the Activists News Association in Cairo.