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leftynyc

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11. I met a lovely Syrian Christian woman
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 04:56 PM
Feb 2015

around 1-1/2 years ago on a Greek island and got an earfull about what this civil war has done (this was before isis started taking territory). It seems nobody particularly liked al assad but she insisted that he protected minorities and kept the country from falling into the hands of the extremists. She and her entire family had fled Syria and were split between Lebanon and California. I'm sure seeing this story will break her heart as she had many friends who were unable to leave.

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