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In IS-held Raqa, parched civilians risk lives for water | AFP

July 8, 2017 / Maya Gebeily / Leave a comment

[Published here July 8, 2017]

Beirut (AFP) – Syria’s Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group stronghold are forcing desperate civilians to risk their lives for water.

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