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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

In War-Torn Syria, a Charity Offers Hope to Kids with Cancer

A woman holds her crying child at the cancer ward of the Children's Hospital in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March. 7, 2022. (AP)

At the children’s cancer ward in a hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus, children walk down brightly painted corridors, hooked up to IV needles delivering critical treatment into their bloodstream.

Nurses tend to babies and teenagers getting chemotherapy sit in reclining chairs. Other children, in a nearby playroom, draw and color to pass the time.

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