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In this file photograph, a Syrian child refugee, with feet only partially covered in adult sandals, stands in the snow at an informal tented settlement in Lebanon. Photo: UNICEF/ Dar Al Mussawir

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Syrian Children Succumb to Freezing Temperatures While Crossing into Lebanon – UNICEF

by Press on January 22, 2018

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Syrian children in winter — In this file photograph, a Syrian child refugee, with feet only partially covered in adult sandals, stands in the snow at an informal tented settlement in Lebanon. Photo: UNICEF/ Dar Al Mussawir

GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)–22 January 2018 – At least 13 Syrians, including two children, lost their lives to freezing temperatures in eastern Lebanon as they tried to enter the country from Syria, United Nations humanitarian agencies have reported.