“Syria: Religious Police Patrol Aleppo’s Countryside,” by Basel Dayoub for al-Akhbar, December 19 (thanks to Lachlan): …Residents of the embattled city, whose main concerns revolve around security and survival, were shocked to hear that opposition groups who control the Aleppan countryside are deploying a vice-and-virtue police to enforce a deeply conservative interpretation of Islamic law. … Continue reading Syrian rebels deploying religious police to enforce Sharia