Dates matter in war, and peace.
On Jan. 15, 2013, on the first day of exams at Aleppo University in northern Syria, more than 80 students were killed and dozens injured in a missile attack on the university.
Two months later on March 28, mortar bombs killed 15 students sitting down to lunch in a canteen in Damascus University.
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