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In war-torn Syria, the coronavirus pandemic has brought its people to the brink of starvation
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have successfully warded off a nine-year rebellion against his government, but he is being tested with economic turmoil and civilian protests amid the coronavirus pandemic and looming conflict in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
The civil war in Syria has been overshadowed as the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and its grim economic and social ramifications.
- Mehmet Ozalp
- The Conversation
In March 2020, before the pandemic’s first wave reached its…