Ex-Syrian soldiers report to new rulers in hope of amnesty

Members of Bashar Assad’s army line up to register with Syrian rebels (Leo Correa/AP)

Hundreds of former Syrian soldiers have reported to the country’s new rulers for the first time since Bashar Assad was ousted to answer questions about whether they may have been involved in crimes against civilians in exchange for an amnesty and return to civilian life.

The former soldiers trooped to what used to be the head office in Damascus of Assad’s Baath party that had ruled Syria for six decades.