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How Eastern Ghouta residents survive siege

The 350,000 residents of Eastern Ghouta continue to live under the siege, where aid is never enough and the semi-autonomous way to survive the blockage was halted due to water shortage and contamination.

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A boy stands at an airstrike site in the rebel-held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria, Oct. 6, 2017. — REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

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