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Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police (www.reuters.com)

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Syria's new authorities are using Islamic teachings to train a fledgling police force, a move officers say aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted president Bashar al-Assad's notoriously corrupt and brutal security forces.

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