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Syria 'a living nightmare' after decade of war, UN chief says

Some 60% of Syrians are at risk of hunger this year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
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Syria may no longer grab front-page headlines but “the situation remains a living nightmare,” warned UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the country’s vicious civil war. 

“It is impossible to fully fathom the extent of the devastation in Syria, but its people have endured some of the greatest crimes the world has witnessed this century. The scale of the atrocities shocks the conscience,” Guterres told reporters Wednesday.

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