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Syrian refugee: freezing tents, mud, no food, no medicine for millions trying to survive the conflict (Photo: FredomHouse)

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Back from hell, back from Syria

Syrian refugee: freezing tents, mud, no food, no medicine for millions trying to survive the conflict (Photo: FredomHouse)

From 18 to 23 January I travelled to the Hatay region in Turkey and the Aleppo region in northern Syria.

I was there with Rami Jarah and Deiaa Dughmoch (two Syrian activists who had in the past visited the Liberal group in the European Parliament) and Hisham Saad Eddin (the cousin of general Haqim Saad Eddin, from Rastan Homs, where most generals of the Free Syrian Army come from).

We stayed a few days in Hatay (Antakya or Antioch) where many Free Syrian Army (FSA) leaders come t...

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Author Bio

Koert Debeuf is the Liberal group's representative in Cairo and an advisor to Liberal leader and former Belgian PM, Guy Verhoftsadt.

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