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A Syrian family tries to keep warm in this unfinished building in the informal settlement of Al-Khalidia Al-Khamisa in Homs. UNICEF/Sanadiki (file)

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Syria: 13 Million People in Desperate Need as Seventh War-torn Winter Sets In, UN Warns

by Press on January 8, 2018

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A Syrian family tries to keep warm in this unfinished building in the informal settlement of Al-Khalidia Al-Khamisa in Homs. UNICEF/Sanadiki (file)

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–8 January 2018 – With millions of desperate people across Syria now facing their seventh winter of war, the United Nations warned on Tuesday that intensified military operations in the country’s north are forcing families to flee, in the cold, to areas without enough resources to support them.