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Syrian ‘father of martyrs'

‘I have no regrets’

Here’s the story of Abderrazaq Khatoun, an 83-year-old Syrian who lost 13 of his children in the ongoing Syrian conflict, and is now forced to overcome his grief to raise 11 orphaned grandchildren.

He is known as the ‘father of the martyrs’
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