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The Marines will join the approximately 500 US troops already in Syria. Delil Souleiman /AFP
by Nazeer Rida and Jordan Dakamseh | Mar 10, 2017 | Middle East
Beirut, New York- The US-led International Coalition announced on Thursday the deployment of 400 additional US troops and an artillery unit to speed up the Raqqa battle and oust ISIS jihadists from the Syrian city. Coalition spokesman US Air Force Colonel John Dorrian...
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Syrian bio-medical engineer and sign language teacher Wisal Al Ahdab communicates using sign language with 21-year-old deaf student Riyad Hommos during a class at the EEMAA association, an NGO center for the deaf in Damascus’ Midan district on March 7, 2016. Joseph Eid/AFP
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 10, 2017 | Features
Damascus- At an NGO in Damascus, two young deaf Syrians, Bisher and Ryad, are working to create special sign language characters so thousands of Syrians like them can talk about the war that has ravaged their country for the past six years. They have created a way to...