VShe is a large, bright office on the ground floor of a modern building, with a bay window opening onto a tree-lined alley on the outskirts of Berlin. In the center of the room, around a large table, employees barely in their thirties are glued to their computer screens. It looks like a start-up or an architectural firm. This discreet place, without sign or display, actually houses one of the largest databases available on the war that has ravaged Syria for more than ten years: Syrian Archive, an organization founded by Syrian activists in exile, has become an essential cog in the quest for justice for this martyred country. “The main objective is the preservation of evidence to document war crimes and build up a digital memory of …
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