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Homs in 2014: Kneel and submit! Foto: Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR / laif It wasn t the heat that made every step on the well-worn asphalt into such a great effort, as if a sticky sludge were grabbing at your feet. No. It was the fear. Fear that I felt too. You don t have to go on, said those who were already standing in the middle of the road, clearly visible in the light of the streetlights and completely exposed to possible gunfire. The demonstrators on that evening in mid-August 2011 were standing just before an intersection in Homs, the third largest city in Syria. If mobile units from the security services were to show up, they would have only seconds to reach the darkness of the side streets. Every foot forward could mean the difference between life and death.

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