sentence2: Like Bassel, so many young Syrians have taken mobile phones instead of weapons to fight their struggle against the regime who has treated them as they were carrying weapons and they were enemies of the country.
sentence1: وكباسل اتخذ العديد من الشباب الآخرين من الهواتف النقالة بديلًا عن السلاح للمقاومة ضد قوات النظام التي تعاملت معهم "وكأنهم" مسلحون بالفعل وكأعداءٍ للدولة.