The coronavirus is surging in a region of northern Syria struggling from the devastating effect of a near-decade of war.
![Hospital staff attend to a patient in the city of Manbij, northern Syria [Andrea Prada Bianchi/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/manbij-2.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The coronavirus is surging in a region of northern Syria struggling from the devastating effect of a near-decade of war.
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