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YEREVAN, Armenia — Sarkiss Rshdouni escaped the fighting in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo months ago but cannot shake memories of what he witnessed.

"I was with a friend when I heard gunshots," said Rshdouni, who is among hundreds of thousands of people who have fled the war in his country. "It was fast — second by second, the sound was getting closer. I saw mass shooting, people running."

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