Northeast #Syria - home to an energized #ISIS insurgency, 10,00 ISIS prisoners & tens of thousands of #IDPs - not feeling the brunt of the #coronavirus pandemic
"#COVID19 has not been a significant problem so far" per @StateDept Special Rep for Syria Engagement Amb James Jeffrey
"#COVID19 has not been a significant problem so far" per @StateDept Special Rep for Syria Engagement Amb James Jeffrey
US hoping that continues & that somehow, #COVID19 skips #Syria, per @StateDept's Jeffrey
"The devastated medical capacity of the country thanks to 8 years, 9 years of war on his own ppl by President Assad is very, very limited"
"The devastated medical capacity of the country thanks to 8 years, 9 years of war on his own ppl by President Assad is very, very limited"
This hope by the US that #Syria can escape the wrath of #COVID19 being expressed as #Iraq's health ministry Friday recorded 1,000 new #coronavirus in a single day - with overall cases tripling in the past 3 weeks
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