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Layal Abou Rahal

Layal Abou Rahal is Beirut Deputy Bureau Chief at the Agence France-Presse #AFP, covering Lebanon & Syria news.

Facing Russian and regime bombardment and abandoned by international backers, rebels in southern Syria are left with few options

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