Former Syrian soldiers apply for amnesty from interim government

Hundreds of former soldiers and officers from the previous Syrian government queued up outside reconciliation centres in Damascus on Saturday in the hope of clearing their status with the new interim government.

The centres have been set up as a part of a scheme to grant amnesty to those who did not take part in torture and killing during the government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.

Ali Morshed, an former adjutant in the Syrian…