Tag: northern Syria

In war-torn Syria, ‘cat man’ starts rare animal clinic

by Omar Haj Kadour KAFR NAHA, Syria (AFP)– At an unlikely cat shelter in rebel-held northern Syria, Mohammed Alaa al-Jaleel gently holds a feline patient on her back as an ultrasound probe is rolled across her pregnant belly. In a time of war, she is one of the hundreds to have received medical attention at the makeshift animal clinic in Kafr Naha, an opposition-held town in Aleppo province. “If you want to show mercy to people, start […]