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Dr. Zaher Sahloul
@sahloul
Humanitarian, Syrian American, Critical Care, Refugee Health, War and Health, Gandhi Award Peace 2020. Chicagoan of the year 2016. Tweets are my own.
Chicago, USA
Joined April 2009
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    I will be dedicating the #Gandhi peace award to the doctors and nurses who were killed in #Syria while on duty including Dr. Hasan Alaaraj, Dr. Majed Bari Dr. Wasim Moaz and 930 other healthcare workers @PEPeace #Gandhiaward @P4HR @hrw @MedGlobalOrg @UNOCHA
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    Our deep condolences for the tragic death of one of the few Neurologists in #GazaStrip, the Palestinian Dr. Moeen Alalool with his five children, as a result of the #Israeli bombing of his house in Wahda street in #Gaza city #Gaza_Under_Attack
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    It is worse than a horror movie. Our lead @MedGlobalOrg Pediatrician, Dr. Hussam Abu Safyia is now working alone in the intensive care unit at Kamal Edwan hospital in northern #Gaza. He is unable to leave the kids on life support alone despite the orders of evacuation
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    So the mass grave in this report is the largest in the world. Just to put things into perspective - Assad’s mass grave in the Husayniyya district near Damascus 100,000-150,000 bodies - Nuremberg mass grave, Germany 1000 Skeltons - Srebrenica mass gave, Bosnia, 8,000 bodies
    True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave
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    Syrians introduce themselves to the world. They are diverse, educated, funny, sarcastic, and ,of course, talkative
    EXCLUSIVE CNN's @clarissaward is on the streets of Damascus, amongst jubilant crowds celebrating the fall of the Assad regime. "This is unspeakable. This is us after 50 years of darkness," one Syrian resident tells her.
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    This is a face of Syria’s future: young, educated, diverse, smart, and free
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    While the world is fixated on #Israel and #Gaza, the Assad regime, supported by Iran and Russia, is raining hell, and internationally prohibited cluster bombs, on Darat Azza in northern #Aleppo at internally displaced civilians who are trapped with nowhere to go @USEmbassySyria
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    Syrian refugees salvage belongings from the wreckage of their shelters at a camp set on fire overnight in the northern Lebanese town of Bhannine on December 27 #Lebanon
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    Today is the end of 54 years of the reign of Assad family in Syria. This is the only regime I knew all of my life. It ruined my homeland. Most of us have been dreaming of this day and thought that it will never happen in our lifetimes. It is happening. Hallelujah! God is great.
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    Replying to @sahloul
    Here is the caption Hello, I am Dr Hussam. Today is 25/11/23 Praise to God despite of everything. I am now working alone in this hospital. There is no one with me. No doctors no nursers. There is no medical staff with me. I am alone. I am doing everything alone. Praise
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    Dr. Hussam’s message from #KamalAdwan hospital @NickKristof “Our doctor, the IDF has just entered the hospital and took all the men and medical staff. I asked to speak with the officer, introduced myself, and informed him that I also work with MedGlobal. I requested the return
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    It is surreal to be in Damascus after 14 years of absence and war. The road to Damascus from the Lebanese border was smooth, fast, safe, and non-climactic. There are still some old flags and pictures of Assad that were not taken out yet. Apparently, they are not a priority. The
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    Thanks to God.@AlabedBana is safe with her family after she was evacuated from her city.She survived siege,bombing & apathy #StandWithAleppo
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    For Western media especially @CNN @BBCNews, can you please focus on the celebrations and joy of the Syrian people? This is our Berlin Wall moment. Don’t ruin it by mentioning ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and Iran every other word. Syrians hate ISIS, and extremism that were created by the