'Syria Army recruits prisoners'

geneva - The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leaves prisoners on condition that they serve in the army. This, opponents of Assad Friday put forward. A rebel leader, Anas al-Abdah, said Friday in Geneva that there are indications that there are one hundred to one hundred and fifty prisoners from Adra prison in Damascus have been transferred to the front in Aleppo and Qamishli.

The army, according to state news agency SANA on the rise in the north of the country. It has the major transport hub of al-Rasafa captured by Islamic State (IS). The intersection is located 40 kilometers southwest of the city of Raqqa, the Sunni extremists of IS headquarters in Syria.