Syrians flee ‘as if there is hell behind them’

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Syrian English teacher Abdul Kafi Alhamdo lived through the months-long siege of rebel-held eastern Aleppo with his wife and baby daughter. Like many, many others, the family fled Aleppo and made their way to Idlib. Now Alhamdo tells host Marco Werman that he’s seeing long lines of vehicles bringing even more displaced people into his town.  

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