• Syrian doctor Ossama Jari at a hospital in Mykolaiv. All photos: AFP
    Syrian doctor Ossama Jari at a hospital in Mykolaiv. All photos: AFP
  • Syrian doctor Ossama Jari (L) examines a patient in a hospital in Mykolaiv, on March 12, 2022. - Jari is a Syrian doctor who flee from war from Damascus to Ukraine, now caught by another war. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
    Syrian doctor Ossama Jari (L) examines a patient in a hospital in Mykolaiv, on March 12, 2022. - Jari is a Syrian doctor who flee from war from Damascus to Ukraine, now caught by another war. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
  • The Syrian ophthalmologist now finds himself in another conflict after Russia invaded Ukraine.
    The Syrian ophthalmologist now finds himself in another conflict after Russia invaded Ukraine.
  • Dressed in shirt printed with nautical motifs, Dr Jari is still trying to treat patients at his clinic in the north-east Ingulski district of Mykolaiv.
    Dressed in shirt printed with nautical motifs, Dr Jari is still trying to treat patients at his clinic in the north-east Ingulski district of Mykolaiv.
  • Mykolaiv, a city of about 500,000, stands in the way of Russia's campaign to take the Black Sea port of Odesa.
    Mykolaiv, a city of about 500,000, stands in the way of Russia's campaign to take the Black Sea port of Odesa.
  • Dr Jari was forced to seek shelter with other staff and patients in a basement during the merciless bombardment of the city on Friday night and early Saturday morning.
    Dr Jari was forced to seek shelter with other staff and patients in a basement during the merciless bombardment of the city on Friday night and early Saturday morning.

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Doctor who fled Syrian war now treats people in Ukraine - in pictures

Ossama Jari moved to the southern city of Mykolaiv on the Dnieper river in 2014

The National

March 14, 2022

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Updated: March 14, 2022, 7:45 AM
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