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First pharmaceutical factory opens in Syrian opposition area

The first pharmaceutical factory in the opposition-controlled areas in northwestern Syria was inaugurated, in a bid to address the lack of medicines and high prices.

An employee of a Syrian pharmaceutical factory shows packs of the hydroxychloroquine drug in the government-controlled city of Homs, Syria, April 28, 2020.
An employee of a Syrian pharmaceutical factory shows packs of the hydroxychloroquine drug in the government-controlled city of Homs, Syria, April 28, 2020. — Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)

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