Islamic Militants: President Bashar Assad

President Bashar Assad: Razan Zaytouni, one of the most outspoken critics of Assad, as well as Islamic militants who have gained increasing sway over the fight to oust the government, was seized along with her husband and two other colleagues from her office in Douma, according to The Star. Stephen Harper urges military action against Syria NABEK, SYRIA Masked gunmen abducted a leading Syrian human rights lawyer and three other prominent activists in a rebel-held Damascus suburb Tuesday in a new sign that Al Qaeda-linked militants who have joined the fight against President Bashar Assad are trying to silence rivals in the opposition movement. Read more on thestar.com: (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.