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Desperate to Go to War, Syrians in Egypt Find an Ally to Help

The Free Syrian Army has a benefactor in Cairo, a wealthy man helping Syrians living in Egypt get back to their home country to fight. Alastair Beach and Abdulhamid Mallas report.

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About a 30-minute drive west of Cairo, hundreds of young Syrians are yearning to go to war.

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They are living a rootless existence in 6th of October City, the satellite settlement now home to thousands of civil-war refugees.

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Alastair Beach

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Abdulhamid Mallas

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