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The Battle for Syria's Courts
There is an escalating struggle between moderates and Islamists linked to al-Qaeda. The Islamists want Sharia justice and in some parts of Syria they're getting their way.
The uprising against Syria's President Bashir Al-Assad sparked a bloody civil war but, more than two years on, the opposition is now at war with itself. There is an escalating struggle between moderates and Islamists linked to al-Qaeda. The Islamists want Sharia justice and in some parts of Syria they're getting their way.
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