The United States has an estimated 2,000 troops in Syria. Amidst the chaos of the civil war, one soldier found an abused dog wandering around the Rukban refugee camp that became an unexpected friend. The desperate canine had been at the camp in the demilitarized piece of land between Jordan and Syria---home to approximately 50,000 refugees---when he found a glimmer of salvation.
David, whose last name is being withheld for operational security reasons, was on deployment in Syria in late June 2018 when he saw something that crushed him: a pup that had been stabbed, had his ears cut off, and was starving.
