With peace on the horizon in Syria, this Christian city grapples with its decision to back the gover

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With peace on the horizon in Syria, this Christian city grapples with its decision to back the government
By NABIH BULOS   NOV 16, 2018 |

Shadi Shahdeh, a motorcycle mechanic, was working in his shop here when he heard that a missile had struck his neighborhood along the Orontes River.

He rushed home and found his 83-year-old mother dead, slumped in the doorway. Gone too was his 8-year-old daughter, her stomach torn open by shrapnel.

A few yards up the street were the mangled remains of the rest: his 33-year-old wife and their 6-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter.

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