Hala Al-Horani: Syria

Wasim Zeitouni Dept: Wasim Zeitouni a Syrian citizen is in hiding after being called up for service in the Syrian army, according to his mother, Hala Al-Horani, who has permanent resident status in Canada, according to CBC. Syria's civil war has pit the country's people against each other since it began two years ago with protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Syrian activist and United Nations estimates put the casualties from the conflict at between 50,000 and 70,000 people and An Ottawa woman is planning to visit civil war-torn Syria to try to see her son after he tried and failed to get a visitor's visa to come to Canada. Zeitouni refuses to join the army and is afraid he'll be forced to kill innocent people, Al-Horani said. Hala Al-Horani says her son's applications to stay in Canada temporarily have been rejected twice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.