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    Mother And Daughter Who Opposed Bashar Assad Regime Killed In Turkey

    Police found the bodies of Orouba Barakat and her daughter, Halla, a U.S. citizen, in their Istanbul apartment. Their deaths have left family and the wider dispersed Syrian community in fear.
    by Ruth Sherlock Sep 23, 2017 3 minutes
    The caskets of slain mother and daughter Orouba and Halla Barakat are prepared for the funeral Saturday in Istanbul.

    The killing of two opponents of President Bashar Assad's regime has left their family and the wider relocated Syrian opposition community reeling in shock and fearing for their lives.

    Police discovered the bodies of Orouba Barakat, 60, and her daughter, Halla, 23, who is a U.S. citizen, on Thursday night in their Istanbul apartment, reportedly after friends and colleagues were unable to reach them for several days.

    Orouba was a member

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