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“Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.”
-George Santayana
The Syrian conflict began around March of 2011. According to the United Nations, between 20,000-40,000 people have been killed and about 1.5 million people have been displaced.
As we read the news headlines about the Syrian conflict and we talk to our family living in Aleppo and throughout Syria, we find ourselves confused. What is the truth? The media leads us to believe that the conflict began as a civil war where protestors were demanding the resignation of President Bashar al-Assad. There have been sporadic news reports in America of the Syrian government’s army using force against unarmed protestors. From a distance, of course, this sounds wrong and must be stopped.
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