I’ve spent years reporting from Syria. The world has tuned out, but hope still exists | Sara Firth

Every day the mounting horrors are broadcast in real time, but it feels like nobody is watching any more

This is often how the news comes in: "Regime airstrikes on Tuesday killed nine civilians in rebel-held northwest Syria, the target of months of regime and Russian bombardment, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights." Working for an international news channel, we follow up these stories with our sources on the ground, the local monitoring group or news agency. Where possible we go to verify for ourselves. Usually, though, I'm miles away on the other side of the border in Hatay, Turkey. Safe.

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