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Zhao Seng

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‘He wanted to give back’: Aid volunteer killed on the Syria-Turkey border

Conflict & Justice

Zhao Seng, a citizen of Myanmar, traveled halfway around the world to work as a medic and videographer with a humanitarian group in northern Syria. David Eubank of the Free Burma Rangers talks with host Marco Werman about Sang’s death, what motivated him to work in front-line humanitarian aid, and the fighting that continues to rage in the border region.

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