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2 Mar 2017

Tima Kurdi interview on funding for Syrian rebels

The photographs of her 3-year-old nephew – his body washed up on a Turkish beach – became a symbol of the plight of Syrian refugees around the world. This week though, Kurdish activist Tima Kurdi was sitting in the US Capitol to hear Donald Trump’s speech to Congress – and to urge the administration to make good on its campaign pledge – to stop funding Syrian rebels.