Look: Medical students graduate from a Syrian university

The newly graduated doctors are set to battle COVID-19 in rebel-held northern Syria

Published: December 01, 2020 14:11 AFP and compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Syrian students from the 'Aleppo University in Liberated Areas', attending their graduation ceremony at the campus in Azaz in the rebel-controlled northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province. Image Credit: AFP

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Dressed in dark blue and green graduation gowns, caps, and facemasks, the new doctors lined up on stage in a hall packed with friends and family. Extending their right hand in front of them, they recited the Hippocratic Oath in unison in Arabic. Image Credit: AFP

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The ceremony included the first 32 doctors to ever graduate from the university backed by the Syrian political opposition, which was founded in 2014 and has had its headquarters in Azaz for the past three years. Image Credit: AFP

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Nasr al-Hariri (C), the Syrian opposition's chief negotiator, awarding an honour to a student during the graduation ceremony. Image Credit: AFP

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A newly graduated Syrian medical student at the function. Image Credit: AFP

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A student receives an honour during the ceremony. Image Credit: AFP

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Students with their family members and other offcials are seen during the ceremony. Image Credit: AFP

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Students from the 'Aleppo University in Liberated Areas', sitting with microscopes at a laboratory facility. Image Credit: AFP

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Nasr al-Hariri, the Syrian opposition's chief negotiator, giving a speech during the graduation ceremony. Image Credit: AFP

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Students at the 'Aleppo University in Liberated Areas' at the campus in Azaz, Aleppo province. Image Credit: AFP

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Students attending a tutorial at a laboratory facility in the campus. Image Credit: AFP

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Students attending a tutorial at a laboratory facility. Image Credit: AFP

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Students attending a tutorial at a laboratory facility. Image Credit: AFP

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