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February 3, 2020

Hospitals in Syria Targeted as 100,000s of Civilians Forced to Flee
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In Syria, Doctors Without Borders says multiple hospitals have been
destroyed or damaged amid a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive
against the northwestern province of Idlib. Nearly a quarter of a
million civilians have been forced to flee toward the Turkish border as
the Syrian regime aims to recapture one of the last rebel-held
territories in Syria. This is 10-year-old Jennah, one of the displaced
civilians.

Jennah: "I felt sadness. I lived in Ma'arat and had friends there who
were targeted by a plane and died. I cried as I left, when the regime
took over. I hope its people will be able to return one day and that we
will be able to go back to Ghouta. This is injustice."



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