Sakher Hallak went all out last year during his first trip to the United States. He visited his brother in Philadelphia, checked out Times Square in New York and even hit Miami Beach. Hallak, 43, ran a successful eating-disorder clinic in his native Syria, and he had come to the United States for a medical conference. Before he returned, Sakher discussed with his brother the unrest gripping their homeland. ?He told me not to worry about him,? his brother said. A few weeks later, Sakher Hallak?s body was found dumped outside Aleppo. It bore the marks of extreme torture. Day by day, the death count in Syria climbs as headlines mark dozens of men, women and children shot and stabbed in Houla, or entire families murdered in Qubeir. But scant attention is paid to the individuals who have lost their lives in what United Nations officials have described as a civil war.
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