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Syrian doctor fighting coronavirus in Scotland tells how he fled war-torn Damascus

Dr Ahmed Subeh fled Syria for a new life in Scotland and has spent the past few months on the NHS frontline fighting ­coronavirus.

Now working in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, the medic, who fled Damascus at the height of the conflict, has told how the barbarity of war helped him deal with the horror of Covid-19.

A qualified doctor in his homeland, he was helped into work by a special government project, where he could put his life-saving skills in use to help the NHS.

Ahmed is backing the Disasters Emergency ­Committee appeal to help ­millions still caught up in conflict in northwest Syria, now facing the threat of the virus without adequate medical care.

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