Syria’s conscript army demoralized and hollowed out by corruption and brutality, largely evaporated in the face of the HTS-led advance. By Maya Gebeily, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari DAMASCUS/AMMAN/BAGHDAD, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of […]