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

Syria Cholera Outbreak Worsened by Regime, Türkiye, Says HRW

05 November 2022, Syria, Darkoush: A health worker prepares a sterilizer at cholera ward of Al-Rahma Hospital in the city of Darkoush. (dpa)

Human Rights Watch Monday accused the government in Damascus and Türkiye of exacerbating Syria's deadly cholera outbreak by restricting aid and water-flow to the country's Kurdish-held northeast.

Syria has recorded 81 deaths and more than 24,000 suspected cases of the extremely virulent disease since September, according to the World Health Organization, in the country's first outbreak for more than a decade.

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