This teenager maps the Syrian war from his bedroom

Every day, Thomas van Linge scours Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for the latest on the Syrian conflict. But Thomas doesn't work for an intelligence agency.

In fact, he doesn't work anywhere at all. He's 19 years old, he just finished high school and he lives with his parents in a suburb of Amsterdam. Watch the video above to meet the teenager mapping the Syrian conflict from his bedroom.

Video journalist: Alvaro A. Ricciardelli

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