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A man with blood stained hand reacts at a damaged site after what activists said was heavy shelling by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, in Masaken Hanano neighbourhood in Aleppo December 22, 2013 (REUTERS/Hosam Katan).
![Opinion: The scars of dictatorship are not just physical](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1387728620069322200.jpg)