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Tuesday, 4 June 2019

'Every day brings a new massacre': Eid offers no respite for Idlib

War-weary citizens mark end of Ramadan as Assad regime continues to bombard province

Sara Akhtib loves her new Eid outfit. It was made by her mother: a flowing gold and black dress embroidered with black flowers on the hem.

Like the rest of Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, on Tuesday the 21-year-old student was celebrating the end of Ramadan. However, instead of visiting relatives, Akhtib, her parents and three younger brothers did not leave the basement below the family home. The Syrian president’s warplanes were still in the sky and it was too dangerous to go outside.

Related: Stop the carnage: doctors call for an end to Syria hospital airstrikes

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from Islam | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2WQprd2

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