At just 20 years old, Abdul Basit Sarut has put his promising professional career as a footballer on hold, in order to help with the opposition in their demonstrations against the Syrian government in Homs.<br /><br />Sarut says Syrians are sick and tired after 40 years of rule by what he calls a monstrous regime.<br /><br />The government killed his brother and many of his closest friends. He says their bodies were tossed into the street and driven over by tanks.<br /><br />He is now constantly on the run; heo nly travels at night and has survived three attempts on his life.<br /><br />But he says it is worth it.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Jane Ferguson reports.
