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#Syria10 - VIDEO: Ten years of war in Syria: A timeline
After a decade of unfathomable violence and human tragedy that has made Syria the defining war of the early 21st century, the fighting has tapered off but the suffering hasn't

#Syria10 - Wassim Mukdad has carried a darkness inside him since his native Syria slipped into an abyss of conflict. But on August 19, 2020 in Koblenz, Germany, the refugee finally glimpsed a "ray of light" when he took the witness stand u.afp.com/UNr4
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#Syria10 - Ten years into Syria's war, a province in the country's northwest controlled by jihadists and allied rebels is still holding out against the Damascus regime. Can the #Idlib bastion continue to survive as its own self-run territory? u.afp.com/UNrZ
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#Syria10 - VIDEO: Thousands took to the street in Syria's last major rebel bastion of #Idlib on Monday to mark ten years since the nationwide anti-government protests that sparked the country's devastating civil war

#Syria10 - Syria's decade-long war has left more than 380,000 people dead and forced millions into exile. Here is a timeline of the main events in the conflict, which has drawn in a host of regional and international powers u.afp.com/UxpH
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#Syria10 - From videos of air strikes to jihadist takeovers, Al-Mutez Billah's YouTube page served as an archive of the Syrian war -- until automated takedown software erased it. Activists are working to save the conflict's digital footprint u.afp.com/UxTX
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#Syria10 - Some are coping, others struggling, but many of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees who fled the conflict for #Turkey say they dare not follow their dreams and return home while President Bashar al-Assad remains in power u.afp.com/UxTD
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