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A girl holds a Syrian opposition flag during a demonstration in the village of Atme in Idlib.
A man holds a girl on his shoulder as she holds a flag of the Syrian opposition during a demonstration in the village of Atme in Syria's rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib close to the border with Turkey on March 15, 2021, as demonstrators mark 10 years since the nationwide anti-government protests that sparked the country's devastating civil war. - RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images
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Syrian resilience in face of ‘living nightmare’

This week marked the 10-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising and war. UN Syria Envoy Geir Pedersen commended the resilience of Syrians in facing a decade of “unimaginable violence and indignities,” including as many as 500,000 dead, 5.5 million refugees, 6.7 million internally displaced, chemical weapons attacks, sexual violence against women, torture and other atrocities.

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