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Syrian Rebels Set Up ‘Religious Police’ Around Aleppo -- News from Antiwar.com

Syrian Rebels Set Up ‘Religious Police’ Around Aleppo -- News from Antiwar.com

Saudi Arabia’s harsh Police of Vice and Virtue seem to be setting up shop in northern Syria, with locals reporting that rebel forces have establish Saudi-style religious police around the outskirts of Aleppo, and at least one high-ranking member of the Saudi version was seen in a video taking part.

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