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Syrian village trains racing dogs despite war and pandemic

On his motorbike, Mohammed Derbas speeds across a field in northeast Syria, slender Saluki dogs galloping behind. He hopes to export them for racing in the Gulf, despite war and coronavirus. Salukis, cousins of the greyhound, have been used for hunting for thousands of years in the...

Weary Syrian toddler receives prosthetic legs in Turkey

A 15-month-old Syrian baby born with congenital amputation returned his home in Idlib, Syria after receiving a prosthetic treatment in Turkey under instructions of the country’s interior minister. Muhammed and his parents were brought to Turkey on Sept. 1 and health professionals...

Assad's assault on Idlib's schools

Asked about her dreams for the future, nine-year-old Salam al-Munir responds solemnly: "For the war to end and to go back to the innocence of my childhood, like the rest of the world's children". Salam returned to her village of al-Nayrab in the eastern Idlib province last week for the first...