Abdul Basset al-Saroot

Abdul Basset al-Saroot is a former Syrian soccer star-turned opposition activist-militant based in Homs. He was featured prominently in a December, 2014 segment of the CBS News program 60 Minutes (US), where he and supporters relate his journey from idealistic and non-violent crusader for freedom, only to be abandoned by the West and forced to become an Islamic (if not Islamist) militant.