The flower of Syria.

The good news, it seems that Zainab Al Hosni is alive and well, and presumably in Syrian custody.  On National TV, they had her interviewed. She claimed she ran away because her brothers mistreated her.  I'm sure if she had run away she'd have phoned her mom to tell her she was safe.  But that isn't the point. 

The fact remains that there was a body in the Morgue in the hospital in Homs, that had been beheaded, mutilated, dismembered and scorched. This body is that of a young woman about Zainab's age.  The body shows clear signs of torture. Even in the best possible of cases, let's assume this girl died of natural causes - someone still spent a lot of time mutilating the body - and that's defies human decency. I know both Christians and Muslims certainly would frown upon mutilating a dead body. 

If the Syrian government is trying to make itself look good and the protesters look bad by going "Look you guys lied, Zainad is still alive". Well who killed this poor girl, probably Assad thugs. Who gave the body to the Al Hosni family, and made up false papers to say this was Zainab - the Syrian authorities. The body was in such poor state it was impossible to tell who she was!  

I'm happy to hear Zainab is alive today, but there is no guarantee that she'll ever leave custody or be allowed to return home.  There is still a dead girl that needs to be identified - because surely there is a family that wonders what happened to their daughter, who is still the Flower of Syria - and who's mutilated body continues to shock and anger the world.