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Newshour in Syria: Doctors say sanctions crush healthcare

A special edition from Damascus.

Newshour reports from Damascus on the doctors who say they are fighting against crippling sanctions when trying to look after their patients.

Also on the programme: Friedrich Merz has suffered a shock defeat in a parliamentary vote, failing to win the majority needed to become Germany's new chancellor; and Port Sudan is again attacked by paramilitaries.

(Photo: A child injured in an airstrike receives medical treatment at a hospital in Idlib, northern Syria, 01 December 2024. Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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