Kate Brooks                                A couple of days after I arrived in Damascus, I photographed a series of military funerals — 42 in total. Eight more men remained in cool storage at Tishreen Military Hospital for the next ceremonial conveyer belt. I can't claim to know what the man in white gloves was thinking when I took this frame, but he appears worried and concerned, as are all Syrians, about the number of coffins stacking up and what the future holds.                                                              When I was in Syria in June, I was told 100 soldiers and officers were dying each week in the conflict. To put that into perspective, at that rate, over the past year more soldiers may have died in combat in Syria than American soldiers in Iraq over a nine-year period. In considering the tally of this ongoing conflict, it's important to remember that military service is mandatory for all Syrian men.
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