Syrian rebel 'capital' mostly abandoned

Thursday, January 18, 2018

HOMS, Syria -- Sumaya Bairuty walked through abandoned streets pocked with shell craters amid rows of destroyed buildings, at times climbing over giant sand barriers before reaching her parent's apartment in the once rebel-held district of Bab Dreib in this central Syrian city.

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