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Northern Syria – The facade of the COVID-19 treatment centre in Tabqa, a town on the shores of Lake Assad not far from Raqqa, is riddled with bullet holes. From 2013 to 2017, ISIL (ISIS) fighters used this former sports field and complex as a training base, and during the Kurdish-Arab offensive, backed by the United States-led coalition, they used a 2 x 2-metre (6 x 6-foot) tunnel to carry out surprise attacks. On the walls, ballistic calculations can still be seen – a trace of the lessons for rebels on the use of heavy weapons. In October, the facility was rapidly adapted to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is surging in a region struggling from the devastating effect of a near-decade of war. ....