‘A Catastrophic Turning Point’
“Civilians are trapped in Aleppo, Syria’s most populated city, as fighting escalates. Samer Attar, a Chicago doctor who recently volunteered in a hospital there, says conditions are deteriorating.”
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Attar’s Northwestern University faculty profile.
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Addressing a United Nations session:
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Attar’s plea to President Obama: Please Act To Save Civilians In Syria.
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Attar’s “The Hell Of Syria’s Field Hospitals” in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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CNN: The Aleppo Doctors Saving Lives Despite ‘Targets On Their Heads.’
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BBC: An American Doctor’s Experience In Aleppo.
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Speaking to Doctors Without Borders:
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ITV News:
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NBC: U.S. Doctor: 300,000 Face Death Or Starvation In Aleppo.
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Tribune, 2013: Orthopedic Surgeon Returns From Medical Mission To Syria.
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Previously in Syria:
* The [Tuesday] Papers: You have a better chance of winning the Illinois Lottery – and getting paid – than a terrorist has of slipping into the United States posing as a refugee.
* The [Wednesday] Papers: Why I want to hug a woman wearing a hijab today.
* Here’s The Story Of One Syrian Family That Resettled In Chicago.
* Where Have 4.8 Million Syrian Refugees Gone?
* Syrian Father And Son Whose Plight Went Viral Find Refuge In Spanish Soccer.
* Syria’s Stateless Children.
* U.S. Bombings In Syria Kill 77 Civilians, Including Children.
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Posted on August 15, 2016