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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

‘Hell is never far away’: the female medic 

risking her life for Aleppo

Umm Abdu has lost her husband and a son to the war in Syria, but the pistol-wearing woman refuses to abandon her embattled city


A man carries two girls to safety after a reported air strike by government forces on Aleppo.Umm Abdu lives in a small flat with her three remaining children.
A man holds a baby saved from under the rubble after an air strike by regime forces.Syrian children queue for food aid from a community kitchen in the Myassar district of Aleppo.
 A man carries two girls to safety after a reported air strike by government forces on Aleppo. Photograph: Zein al-Rifai/AFP/Getty Images

 in Aleppo

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The Guardian in Aleppo-Tuesday 2 December 2014
Whenever she hears the helicopter, Umm Abdu tenses, collects her medical kit and runs through the lanes of Old Aleppo to the only working hospital in her neighbourhood.
‘Hell is Never Far Away’ the Female Medic by Thavam Ratna
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