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French Daily Liberation Becomes 'Tahrir' For Syrian War Anniversary

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Libération, March 11, 2016

To mark the upcoming fifth anniversary of the start of the civil war in Syria, French daily Libérationrenamed itself Friday in Arabic, featuring a striking front-page image of children spinning on swings around a bomb.

Calling itself Tahrir ("Liberation" in Arabic) for the occasion of the March 15th anniversary next Tuesday, the newspaper is devoting its entire issue to the daily lives of Syrians during the ongoing war. This "Libé of Syrians" is entirely composed of pieces by Syrian authors, most of whom have fled to Turkey. Throughout the issue, Syrian journalists, as well as artists, doctors and writers explain how the conflict has changed daily habits, from religious and medical practices, while also influencing art and literature and touching almost every aspect of their lives.

French and Syrian journalists, Libération's editor-in-chief and members of NGO's, such as Reporters Without Borders, brought these stories together in order for the issue "not only to be written by Syrians ... but also dedicated to the entire Syrian community." An estimated 250,000 people have been killed since fighting broke out, and more than half the country's pre-war population of 23 million have been displaced.

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Maryinka As Memory: How A City In Ukraine Has Been Blown Out Of Existence

Citizens of the now destroyed Ukrainian city of Maryinka are left struggling to remember what their town used to look like.

Photo of the destroyed city of Maryinka

The destroyed city of Maryienka by Russian forces

Mykhailo Krygel

As Yulia Semendyaeva looks at a photo of the Ukrainian city of Maryinka, the place where she was born and lived 29 of the 30 years of her life, she cannot recognize a single street.

"The ponds are the only things that are still where I remember them," she says.

As Yulia’s hometown had become unrecognizable, the world, for the first time, was beginning to notice it.

When people began to share photos of the completely destroyed city, where seemingly not one building remained untouched, the Russian military boasted of the "impressive" results of what it calls the "denazification" project in Ukraine.

Today, Maryinka only exists on maps. Its streets still have names. But in reality, it is all only rubble.

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