Syria graduate doctors set to battle Covid in rebel hub

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The 29-year-old graduate from an opposition-backed university had expected to be tending to the wounded under the threat of bombardment by the Russia-backed Damascus regime.

But after endless regime offensives against Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib, a ceasefire took hold in March, just as Covid-19 started spreading worldwide.

"Our dream is to build Syria and treat the sick," Mohammed, 29, told AFP at his graduation ceremony in the town of Azaz in a part of Aleppo province controlled by pro-Turkey rebels.

But "we're facing a difficult challenge" with the coronavirus, said the rescue worker turned doctor.


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