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Spyer, Jonathan. "The Battle for Aleppo; A report from the front lines of the Syrian civil war." The Weekly Standard 8 Oct. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Oct. 2016

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In the old city of Aleppo with a history of religion and the Dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad. A reporter named Jonathan Spyer went along with a group called Free Syrian Army (FSA) to the center of Aleppo and what Spyer says “ There is a sharp change in atmosphere as one enters Aleppo city from the surrounding countryside.” The city changes into a rubble streeted place with craters all over from the bombs that struck that spot. As they got deeper into the neighborhood, they people who lived there …show more content…
"The Syrian Civil War Could Spell the End of Antibiotics; Widespread antibiotic resistance among Syrians could become deadlier than ISIS or Assad's dreaded air force."Newsweek, 23 Sept. 2016. Opposing Viewpoints in Context,

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Summary Annotation: The Syrian war is hurting people from the inside out. Men, kids, women have to get amputated because of infection from antibiotics that are not responding to their body. The other part of this is the bombing from Russia and how they are taking down more hospitals in Aleppo than any other city in the area. Doctors are needed and healthcare there is breaking down to the point where no one is saved. There is a microbial bacteria going around and having bodies immune and cannot get any better, Scientists over in Syria are looking more closely at how they can change the way it affects the population. “Either way, the world has reached a point where every existing antibiotic--from penicillin to last-resort drugs such as polypeptides--has been compromised,” according to Antibiotic Research U.K., a British group that campaigns to raise awareness of antibiotic abuse