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What is life like as a Christian pastor on the front line in Aleppo?
Rev Ibrahim Nseir is the pastor of the Arab Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Aleppo. It's based in west Aleppo, only 500m from the rebel held positions in the east of the city. He spoke to Owen Bennett-Jones about life on the front line.
(Picture: People walk along a street near damaged buildings in Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria November 2, 2016. CREDIT: REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail)
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