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Syria’s Two-Wheeled Lifelines
Bicycles are becoming an increasingly valuable commodity.
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Bicycles are becoming an increasingly valuable commodity.
“The recruitment is still ongoing under the excuse of defending the area and claims these children volunteered by themselves. ”.
‘Physics and chemistry contained many unholy laws, and we had to be careful not to corrupt the minds of children under ISIS rule’.
‘I will never forget the night of September 27, 2014, when my mom came in, screaming, telling us to bring whatever we can carry.’.
A Syrian refugee attempts to preserve his family’s profession through the hardships of his current displacement.
Ever since April 2013 the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has largely controlled the city of Raqqa.
ISTANBUL – In a deserted neighborhood on the outskirts of this city, 40 Syrian families have taken shelter in what once was a refuge for packs of stray dogs. .
The city of Amuda, in northeastern Syria, has become famous as the provenance of one of the Syrian conflict’s deadliest smuggling accidents: in September, 43 of its residents drowned while trying to reach the coast of Europe.
In Syria, you can chart the course of the uprising through the journey of one man: Osama Mansour al-Hilali.
DEIR EZZOR — Abed Rahman al-Khodor is known across this eastern city for his perseverance in providing the most basic edible essential, bread, to its most vulnerable residents.
DEIR EZZOR— On a pitch-black night, we wait in our taxi on the embankment. A fighter informs us there are wounded on the bridge, and that his comrades are trying to reach them. The official name of this deadly crossing — Siyahseyah Bridge — has been discarded; it is now called the bridge of death.
MANBIJ — Nine-year-old Mohammed begins each day at 6 a.m. with a trip to the local landfill in his northern Syrian town. There, he spends hours scavenging for combustible garbage, finally tethering up his bundle and trekking back home.
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