How the Assad Regime Poisoned Former Rebels in Southern Syria

How the Assad Regime Poisoned Former Rebels in Southern Syria

Mufleh Kanani reaches the doorway of his house, staggering as he steps outside, one hand gripping the doorframe, the other holding onto a walking aid. He nearly falls, saved only when two friends who had come to visit rush forward to help him. They place him in a wheelchair, then sit together drinking tea and exchanging conversation in the small courtyard of the house, surrounded by olive trees, chickens and geese, near the town of al-Yadouda in…