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Tamer Osman is a pseudonym for a journalist and activist from Aleppo. He writes on political, military and economic events in Syria.
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![Internally displaced people from Deraa province sit on a truck loaded with belongings near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in Quneitra, Syria June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir - RC18ECA55210](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/07/RTS1UL52b.jpg/RTS1UL52b.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=BmBSum-0)
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![People walk as they hold their belongings in Deraa countryside, Syria in this handout released on June 28, 2018. SANA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE - RC1C2E612270](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/06/RTS1UANH.jpg/RTS1UANH.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=mgINklL0)
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![Smoke rises after a car bomb explosion in Jub al Barazi east of the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RC191C4F8A90](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2018/06/RTSVML6.jpg/RTSVML6.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=IErl5osN)
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