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Ed Markey: The numbers give a grim accounting of the suffering unleashed on Syrians by the regime that would claim to govern them…

On the recordJune 7, 2022
The numbers give a grim accounting of the suffering unleashed on Syrians by the regime that would claim to govern them: over half a million killed, nearly 7 million internally displaced, 6.6 million registered as refugees around the world
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey presents statistics on the humanitarian crisis caused by the Syrian regime.

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