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Abdulkarim,16, has to share the family's one cell phone with his 3 siblings for his daily distance learning courses
However, others have neither a phone, nor internet
Read
@Ammar_Hamou
's report on the challenges of distance learning in NW Syria
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بينما يواصل المتظاهرون في شمال غرب سوريا احتجاجاتهم مطالبين بإسقاط قائد هيئة تحرير الشام، أبو محمد الجولاني، تقدم الهيئة التنازلات بيد وتقمع الاحتجاجات باليد الأخرى
✍️
@melissa_pawson
&
@mahaborass
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مشايخ ضد الحرية والكرامة...
من مجزرة إلى أخرى: علماء دين في خدمة طغيان #الأسد
بقلم
@HadeelRawabdeh1
#سوريا
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Ahmad Hamdan,
#EastGhouta
actor, activist and chemical attack survivor, was killed by an airstrike today in
#Hamouriya
. We recently profiled Hamdan’s work in Khodni Jeetak, a dark comedy web series filmed in the besieged enclave. (1/3)
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After recording 254 incidents affecting
#aid_workers
in 2019...
#Syria
is the deadliest place for aid workers, and there is little hope for change
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أن تفقد كامل عائلتك في ليلة: ناج يستذكر وقائع مجزرة #الكيماوي في #غوطة_دمشق
إقرأ المقال كاملاً:
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Dozens of demonstrators protested in Daraa city on Sunday morning against the recent renovation of a statue of former Syrian president, Hafez al-Assad, in a downtown area close to formerly rebel-held areas of the southern city
#thread
1/6
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بالمحصلة، فإن "المرأة الصحافية في #إدلب فرضت نفسها في هذا القطاع، سواء قبل المجتمع ذلك أم لا"، برأي الصحفية سلوى عبد الرحمن.
تقرير
@alaasyriadirec1
&
@nada_atieh
يرصد ممارسة الصحفيات السوريات في شمال غرب #سوريا لعملهن في مواجهة كل التحديات.
@AlhasanMahar
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"A person who believed": Remembering Razan Zaitouneh on her 41st birthday
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1/2 86% of camps are expected to flood this winter, 74% will face a shortage of heating materials and 66% will experience sanitation service problems, according to a recent study by
@ACHRights
.
Why do
#Arsal
#refugee_camps
flood every year?
by
@Amesegura
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BREAKING: Islamic State launches attack to recapture Palmyra from regime. "City in panic, families evacuating," source tells us today.
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"Hawalas" and new technologies are used in a sophisticated way to finance terrorism.
With what impact for ordinary Syrians?
Read:
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First female journalist executed in Raqqa: "Ruqia continuously challenged the Islamic State."
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Besides bombardment, displacement, various forms of verbal and written threats, the women reporting on Idlib province are weighed down by layers of gendered obstacles. Latest report by
@nada_atieh
&
@alaasyriadirec1
w/ comments from
@ZainaErhaim
:
#Syria
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Between a strangled
#economy
, the gutting of
#humanitarian
#aid
, the
#peace
process and many more.
#Syria
’s 2020 in a nutshell, and what to expect for 2021?
by
@Amesegura
With
@skayyali1
,
@AbuJamajem
,
@AbdulrhmanMasri
and
@snhr
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Despite Turkey’s intensification of surveillance at the Syrian-Turkish border to prevent human smuggling, the Syrian opposition-held areas in northwestern Syria are seeing a notable increase in such operations.
Read the full story:
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BREAKING: Food and humanitarian aid convoy now reaching entrance of Madaya, sources on the ground tell us, in the first delivery in 5 months
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Ahrar a-Sham, one of Idlib province’s most prominent rebel factions, announced Wednesday morning it would dissolve itself in the northwest’s Sahel al-Ghab region after a massive HTS assault left its forces there in disarray 1/5
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بعد تعتيم إعلامي وعدم شفافية من الجهات المختصة بالكشف عن جائحة #كورونا في #سوريا، وقطاع صحي متهالك، تشير الأرقام إلى نتائج كارثية في مناطق النظام السوري.
#فيروس_كورونا في مناطق النظام، إلى أين؟!
إقرأ القصة كاملة:
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#Forest
fires are not the only threat to Syria’s forest and vegetation cover. Gross mismanagement and negligence, as well as illegal logging, have also been large contributors to the degradation of
#Syria
’s
#ecosystem
.
Read the full in-depth report:
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If Syrians who lose residency do not leave Denmark, they are forced to live indefinitely in “return centers.” Most affected are refugees who are not at risk of conscription back in Syria: women and older men. (1/3)
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Flying to South America to access the European continent!
The unexpected journey of
#Syrian_refugees
in French Guiana
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With dark humor and codewords, East Ghoutans unlearn ‘vocabulary of the revolution’ as Assad reasserts control
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For years, Judi Arash faced bombs and hunger as the only female journalist covering her besieged Homs neighborhood. 'It was dangerous, but I had to keep going.' Her story is part Syria Direct's first-ever audio series, Souriyeh / سوريّة, about Syrian women
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In 2019,
#Syria
was the world's deadliest country for aid workers--And there is little hope this will change.
Read
@lyse_mauvais
's report below on the challenges facing aid workers in Syria and how the international community can better protect them.
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REPORT: E. Aleppo's crowd-sourced sanctuary: "To love small, weak cats is to love everything"
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حسب مركز “وصول” لحقوق الإنسان، تجاهل واضح من السلطات اللبنانية لضغوطات على السوريين هناك لإجبارهم على المشاركة في الانتخابات السورية.
اقرأ: “وكأنك في #سوريا”: من #لبنان الأسد يطارد مواطنيه المهجرين لشرعنة إعادة انتخابه لولاية رابعة
بقلم
@HadeelRawabdeh1
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First female journalist executed in Raqqa:"Ruqia continuously challenged the Islamic State."
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في #إدلب: قسوة الحياة لا تبقي من مظاهر العيد إلا التكبيرات والصلاة.
بعد جولة استمرت قرابة ساعتين في أسواق المدينة، عاد وئام دعاس أدراجه "صفر اليدين، من دون أن أشتري شيئا لمنزلي أو حتى أطفالي" عشية #عيد_الأضحى.
تعرّف على قصص وئام وآخرين في إدلب عشية العيد:
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The Widows’ Camp, where men are not allowed!
A Syria refugee camp in Beqaa Valley, Lebanon where Syrian women uprooted by war and trapped in a patriarchal society embark on a quest to claim their own space.
Read the full story:
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From one of Syria’s most-bombed cities, street art sends the world a message of compassion.
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German development agency GIZ has reinstated vital funding to health directorates in northwestern Syria after it cut funds last month following major advances by hardline Islamist group Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham (HTS), local officials tell Syria Direct 1/3
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INTERVIEWS: "
#Aleppo
will remain a mark of shame on the int'l community": 5 residents say goodbye to their city.
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Dozens of civilians protested in Rukban camp on Wednesday against the Syrian government’s ongoing closure of an informal road from Damascus to Rukban 1/7
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REPORT: ‘Absolute chaos’ as regime advances to within 1km of cutting east Aleppo in two.
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(1/3) Today we graduate 12 Syrian reporters from our intensive, 3-month training program in Amman, with a total of 77 graduates since 2014.
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Watad, Kaf Trading and Al-Shahba Petroleum: Competitors or
#HTS
team players?
As winter sets in, HTS faces popular discontent around fuel prices
by
@lyse_mauvais
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Once a vast self-styled 'caliphate,' the Islamic State is now fighting a last stand for its final sliver of Syrian territory. But residents say they fear what comes after the group's defeat: 'If the seed [of IS] is still present, then IS has not died'
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اختلفت أعداد ضحايا انفجار #بيروت من السوريين بين الجهات اللبنانية والسورية والدولية، لكنهم أكثر من مجرد أرقام.
تعرف على قصص بعض السوريين الذين قضوا نتيجة الانفجار:
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.
@SyriaDirect
contacted several rebel commanders and local activists in Daraa province throughout the day today. The situation in Daraa remains fluid. Below is a summary of our reporting so far. 1/7
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القمة الأميركية الروسية: كيف ينعكس لقاء #بايدن و #بوتين على #سوريا؟
اقرأ:
بقلم
@HadeelRawabdeh1
#بايدن_بوتين
@jomanaqaddour
@mohsarmini
@aabnour
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After 6 years as a refugee in Demark, Khaled was told his refugee status is being reassessed since Danish authorities consider Damascus safe for return.
"Between death and going back to Syria, I choose death."
The latest by
@Amesegura
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“You must be joking. No one can talk, even if [they’re] a foreigner,” was the reaction of a director of a regional aid organization to Syria Direct’s attempts to find sources involved in humanitarian work in Damascus and other areas control
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لليوم 20 على التوالي، تواصل قوات النظام، بدعم روسي، إطباق حصار شبه كامل على أحياء #درعا_البلد، كإجراء عقابي للأهالي على موقفهم الرافض للانتخابات.
اقرأ: درعا البلد: حصار بالقوات الحكومية والتهديدات الروسية والأطماع الإيرانية
بقلم
@walid_ALnofal
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Combatant kisses the ground in Old
#Homs
before evacuation
http://t.co/Y4v1ElZA0d
(via
@eldorar1
)
#Syria
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The
#Beirut_blast
lays bare a shockwave of evictions hitting
#Syrians
in
#Lebanon
. (Video)
Read the full in-depth report:
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Read the stories of
#Syrians
involved in the
#Azerbaijani
-
#Armenian
war in
#NagornoKarabakh
region:
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One journalist stranded in Daraa province sleeps in a different home every few days to “avoid being followed or tracked by the regime.” Some 50 other journalists in Syria’s newly government-held southwest fear their past work could lead to arrest
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Novelist Khaled Khalifa tells the stories of a bleeding, beautiful Syria: "Writing is part of healing."
@arablit
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Now-defunct rebel faction Liwa Shuhuda al-Qaryatayn releases statement confirming they will evacuate "those who desire to do so" from
#Rukban
camp to northern Syria including fighters as well as "elderly, women and children," although no timeline given (statement via LSQ source)
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MAP: Ahrar a-Sham sets sights on barrel-bomb production facility in Aleppo
http://t.co/TdJGy1wYC2
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هارباً من قسوة الحياة في #لبنان: لاجئ سوري يفقد ابنته على الحدود.
تعرّف على قصة #زينب التي توفيت بعد أن منعت من دخول بلدها #سوريا:
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"A person who believed": Remembering Razan Zaitouneh on her 41st birthday
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بالفساد والتحطيب ثم الحرب: سوريا تخسر ثوبها الأخضر.
اقرأ التقرير:
#سوريا_تحترق
#سوريا
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Thousands of Ahrar a-Sham and Jaish al-Nusr fighters have begun evacuating from rebel-held areas of the northern
#Hama
countryside in accordance with a ceasefire agreement signed last week with hardline group Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham (HTS) 1/5
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In an unprecedented step, three
#Syrian
organizations filed criminal complaints in
#Germany
on behalf of the victims of two
#chemical
attacks perpetrated in
#Syria
.
Learn more:
#ChemicalWeapons
#WarCrimes
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REPORT: Islamic State launches full-on assault on Palmyra, town's Roman-era ruins in jeopardy.
http://t.co/ftMmBtUcNR
http://t.co/xgLRJQ7NlT
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Reports from
#Idlib
province: a female suicide bomber targeted a building of the HTS-affiliated Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) in Idlib city. Developing story
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UPDATE: The last OB/Gyn in East Ghouta, Dr. Nabeel a-Daas, died this morning after being hit by a stray bullet.
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#earthquake
: Since yesterday, 169 new deaths have been recorded in northwestern
#Syria
and Regime-held areas, while no new cases have been recorded by the AANES.
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The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the governing body of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AA), announced a series of reforms aimed at increasing political inclusivity and economic conditions in AA areas.
Read our analysis
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"Afrin is a red line": Kurdish FSA commander loses his faction after refusing to fight.
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Full access to videos and images of mass atrocities in Syria is the “absolute right” of those whose missing loved ones may appear in them, writes
@MansourOmari
. He proposes 8 guidelines for organizations and media to follow.
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‘Victory is near’ say Syrian and Russian media, but attacks deep in regime territory show a more complex reality
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Letter from the Editor: While others turn away from Syria, Syria Direct will remain committed to it
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10
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Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Denmark have had their lives upended by the Danish policy of revoking their residency permits after deeming parts of Syria safe to return to.
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INTERVIEW: ‘I thought I was dead’: Aleppo journalist recounts being trapped under rubble.
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‘The head is Turkish, the body Syrian': Expanding Turkish influence in rebel-held north leaves Syrians ambivalent about the future
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After the groundbreaking Koblenz verdict, what justice do Syrians envision?
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Why are Kurdish authorities shutting down dozens of private schools in northeast Syria?
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The Assad regime celebrated the reopening of the main bakery in Halfaya on Dec 5, 8 years after its destruction by a regime airstrike on Dec 23, 2012, resulting in the deaths of at least 60 civilians.
Read how bread is instrumentalized by the regime
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"قبل أن تفكر الحكومة بعودة اللاجئين، حريّ بها تقديم خدمات جيدة لمن تبقى في البلد، أو أن تجد لنا مخرجاً لنرحل من هنا"
سكان دمشق يعدّون الساعات والدقائق للنجاة من جحيم الحياة والأسد يستضيف مؤتمر "عودة اللاجئين" بضغط روسي
بقلم
@Ammar_Hamou
و
@lyse_mauvais
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🧵 Investigation with satellite images 🟠
‘Locusts’: Organized looting, destruction of displaced Syrians’ homes by ‘demolition forces’ and regime-affiliated groups
Image: Kafruma, Idlib
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9
19
Two infants—one-week-old Fatima and two-week-old Omar—died yesterday in
#Rukban
due to a lack of medical supplies, according to sources inside the camp. ‘There is a shortage of everything here,’ one camp resident, who runs an aid distribution point, told Syria Direct 1/2
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19
.
@TomWRollins
joins Syria Direct as Editor-in-Chief. Here, he writes about our ongoing commitment to Syrian-led coverage of "a crisis in transition"
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يبدو أن مبادرة #الأردن تؤسس لمرحلة جديدة، وتتوّج جهود التطبيع العربي والإقليمي مع الأسد، الذي بدأ يخرج من عزلته.
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A Turkish-backed campaign, in rebel-held areas of Aleppo province, to rein-in factions accused of “corruption” and insubordination has continued throughout this week—here's some of what we know so far 1/6
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Airstrikes near Idlib elementary school kill 20 residents, including 16 children, say first responders
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Graphic: We mapped where 100s of barrel bombs fell on
#Aleppo
by neighborhood, Feb. 1 to 12.
http://t.co/biGvNFXJz7
http://t.co/ikD7BrtBBR
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The latest Syria Situation report with
@TheStudyofWar
covering Aug 19 - Sep 1.
Syrian regime encourages tribes to resist SDF and US, ISIS attacks major electrical infrastructure, US-Russian forces collide in NES, Bashar al-Assad appoints new cabinet.
Read more below!
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‘The one who gave life to the demonstrations’: Raed Fares, remembered
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Well, this certainly makes our day.
Also,
@SyriaDirect
does fantastic journalism on Syria's war economy and institutions, which get little attention in most media. Follow them.
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50,000 people without drinking water after reported Russian airstrike.
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Missiles destroy human rights office in Douma; activists vow to keep documenting war crimes
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The
#EU
announced on Monday sanctions against leading government-backed Syrian businessman Samer Foz, and other businesspeople and entities; several involved with plan to build Marota City development in former working-class Damascus suburb Basateen a-Razi
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يبدو أن أبو مالك التلي وأبو العبد أشداء، يتشاركان أسباب انشقاقهما الآن عن "تحرير الشام"، كما يجمعهما تاريخ مشترك قبل اندلاع الثورة السورية.
غرفة عمليات فاثبتوا: رفض لهيئة تحرير الشام أكثر منه اقتراب إلى "القاعدة"
تقرير
@walid_ALnofal
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5
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“This deal is a race to the bottom in undermining international protection, we are worried that other countries will follow suit,” says
@hrw
’s
@Nadia_Hardman
.
“There are no successful examples of offshoring refugee protection.”
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“We want the detainees” is the most chanted and long-standing slogan in recent Syrian history, and should be a central focus of US policy towards Syria, writes
@MansourOmari
.
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After they found themselves stuck at the border, someone told them to try crossing via a mountainous path. Zeinab died while trying.
Read the story of a Syrian grieving father who lost his daughter after being refused entry to their own country:
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Syrians try to connect with State Dept. ceasefire hotline: "We don’t think they understood the Arabic."
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