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George Butler’s Sketchbook

I sketched these soldiers from the Northern Storm Brigade of the Syrian National Army in Latakia back on March 7. New government forces, comprising both Sunni state and non-state actors, were slaughtering Alawites amid their clashes with armed, pro-Assad loyalists. The massacre would last for several days, with the death toll rising to upward of 1,000 people, including more than 700 civilian men, women, and children. It’s a horrible reminder of the fragile freedom in Syria and the significant difficulties that the new Syrian state now faces.

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