A place of refuge for Syria’s disabled

Syrians, caught in the crossfire of a civil war, receive treatment to overcome paralysis at a recovery center in Turkey.

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Khaled Ibrahim stands in front of a Turkish flag at the recovery center for Syrians in Reyhanli, Turkey. Khaled was injured when the Syrian army shelled his home town in Idlib province.

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Khaled climbs the stairs in what used to be a dorm for female students.

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A young man arrives at the recovery center. About 85 patients are being treated at the center, including those brought from Syria directly and from Turkish state hospitals.

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Relatives of a patient wait for news of progress, while a doctor collects a wheelchair.

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Ahmed, from Idlib province in Syria, prepares for a physiotherapy session.

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Ahmed gets help during his session.

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Um Maysa walks to the room where her eldest daughter is being treated.

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Hiding his face, 10-year-old Yazan, left, from Jabal Akrad, Syria, sits in his wheelchair outside his room.

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Yazan is strapped into bed.

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Maysa, 12, from the Idlib countryside, is paralyzed from the waist down after being injured by schrapnel in her village. For two months after the injury she was unable to talk due to shock.

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