A Syrian footballer who became a symbolic figure in the rebellion against the country’s president, Bashar al-Assad, has died of wounds suffered in a battle with government forces.
The Guardian: Syrian footballer and ‘singer of revolution’ killed in conflict
This picture taken on March 15, 2019, shows the late Syrian rebel fighter Abdel-Basset al-Sarout (L) singing during a rally to commemorate the beginning of the Syrian revoltion, in the town of Maaret al-Numan in the jihadist-held Idlib province.
