Old diseases and preventable death cast a shadow over Syrian public

Old diseases and preventable death cast a shadow over Syrian public

LONDON: The collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime has led to a sharp rise in preventable diseases that festered during the 14-year war in Syria, with new research warning of a tuberculosis resurgence and a cholera outbreak amid fresh displacement in some regions and a broken health system. In northwest Syria, more than 2,500 TB patients were identified between 2019 and 2025,