Blinded in war, former Syrian fighter guides others with app Years after losing his eyesight in battle, former Syrian rebel fighter Ahmad Talha hunches over his mobile phone in a bare classroom, listening to the robotic voice he helped translate. At a rare association for the blind in the northern province of Aleppo, Talha is helping a dozen others like him to better navigate their smartphones using a screen reader app. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITESREFILE TO CORRECT LOCATION IN DOPESHEET AND SLATE (ANJARA IS IN ALEPPO PROVINCE, NOT IDLIB PROVINCE)