"Among the rebels who, on December 8, entered Damascus and put an end to almost 14 years of conflict and the Assad family regime one of the cruellest and longest-lasting in the Middle East was one who spoke Spanish with a slight Caribbean accent. Dr. Bachar Alkaderi, a graduate of the University of Medical Sciences of Havana, specializing in general and thoracic surgery, became, through the twists of fate and history, a revolutionary commander."
"When I entered Damascus, I felt like I was returning from a very long exile. I hadn't seen it for more than 13 years, he explains via video conference from Deraa, the southern Syrian city he comes from. A year after overthrowing the regime, however, he is more cautious than euphoric: More than from its enemies, the revolution must be protected from its own children."
"Alkaderi's training began far from home, in Cuba, where he arrived in 1997 at the tail end of the hardship known as the Special Period to study medicine. His specialty diploma notes that he graduated at the top of his class thanks to his excellent results, and it is dated November 2009, marked as the Year of the 50th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution."
Dr. Bachar Alkaderi is a Syrian surgeon from Deraa who studied medicine in Cuba beginning in 1997 and specialized in general and thoracic surgery. He graduated at the top of his class in November 2009. Alkaderi transformed into a revolutionary commander and entered Damascus on December 8, helping end nearly 14 years of conflict and the Assad family regime. He described returning from a long exile after more than 13 years and now voices caution, urging protection of the revolution from internal threats. Hundreds of Syrians trained in Cuba through a Cold War-era program that persisted during the civil war.
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