Storm blankets Syrian tented camps in snow, at least one child dead


  • World
  • Thursday, 20 Jan 2022

A picture taken with a drone shows a partially snow covered camp for internally displaced people, in northern Aleppo countryside, Syria January 19, 2022. Picture taken January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

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ZAITOUN CAMP, Syria (Reuters) -At least one child was killed in northern Syria this week when a storm blanketed tented camps in snow and brought freezing temperatures, compounding the misery of thousands of people displaced by the Mediterranean country's decade-long war.

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