As Syria has moved for top news to daily dose of bad news, a reminder of what Syria looks like when you get close enough. Reportage from a clinic where 12-year-olds treat wounded fighters and civilians.

From Weekly Filet #124, in August 2013.

Agony in Aleppo: a city abandoned by the world?

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