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Profile: A Syrian Regime Militiaman Who ‘Didn’t Choose to Fight’
Syria Deeply spoke to Muhammad, a 25-year-old who joined the National Defense Forces after unsuccessfully trying to flee the country.
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Follow via RSSSyria Deeply spoke to Muhammad, a 25-year-old who joined the National Defense Forces after unsuccessfully trying to flee the country.
“We realized that running away from death in Syria could be more dangerous than staying and facing it. ” a Syrian woman tell us.
“Displacement in itself is a problem, and from that problem there result many others for the displaced people and for the community that receives them,” says Nisreen.
‘Most of those buyers are exploiters. They buy things from us for very cheap prices, but we have to sell to them because we want to live.’.
Women need a lot of care and attention at a time where everything around them is falling apart.
Economic hardship, displacement and trauma caused by life in a conflict zone have taken their toll on Syria’s married couples, with more battling through divorce and fewer new marriages than before the war began.
Nada, a teacher, starts her classes by asking her third-grade students to express their feelings. She is trained to deal with children who exhibit signs of trauma after living in a war zone for over two years.
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