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Winter spells tragedy for northwest Syria, home to over 3mn people, nearly half of whom have been displaced by a decade-long war

Umm Raghad’s children do not have proper clothes or a furnace at home to stay warm during Syria’s bitter winter so they burn scraps of garbage to keep the biting cold at bay. “Every morning, I wake up and find that my children aren’t near me,” Umm Raghad told Agence France-Presse from a displacement camp in northwestern Idlib Governorate. “They go out early to collect scraps of plastic from the streets, such as bags and shoe soles,” the mother of three said, her face half-covered by a thick black scarf. Winter usually spells tragedy for northwestern Syria, home to more than 3

KAFR AROUK , Syria, — Umm Raghad’s children don’t have proper clothes or a furnace at home to stay warm during Syria’s bitter winter so they burn scraps of garbage to keep the biting cold at bay.“Every morning I wake up and find that my children aren’t near me,” Umm Raghad told AFP from a displacement camp in the north-western province of Idlib.“They go out early to collect

Fighting back: Palestinian bloggers promote tourism as an act of defiance By Saturday Jul 10, 2021 Travel bloggers Malak Hassan and Bisan Alhajhasan visit the village of Burin near Nablus to help out in the olive harvest season. Photo: Courtesy Ahlan Palestine The reality for Palestinians is occupation, Malak Hassan tells Geo.tv over the phone. But she says they try to show the world that there’s another side to them, other than occupation and violence.  "Tourism reminds the world that Palestinians own this land. And it reminds Palestinians that they have a land to return back to,” H...

Gazans find themselves homeless with no safe place to go as Israel continues to pummel the coastal enclave with heavy artillery shells and airstrikes, razing neighborhoods to the ground and destroying the already poor infrastructure.