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  • Child with frostbite
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    Abandoned in a blizzard Jump to media player Meet the little Syrian refugee who made it out alive after most of her family froze to death on the way to Lebanon.
    • 02 Feb
    • From the section Middle East
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    Turkey demonstrates firepower in Syria Jump to media player Syria war: Turkey demonstrates firepower as offensive continues
    • 26 Jan
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  • A Turkish villager stands next to Turkish army tanks as soldiers gather close to the Syrian border on 21 January 2018 at Hassa, in Hatay province
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    Syria 'will respond to Turkey violation' Jump to media player Syria says it will "act accordingly" to defend itself after Turkey invaded northern Syria.
    • 25 Jan
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  • Syrian civilians displaced by fighting between Turkish and Kurdish forces in Afrin
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    'They are shelling civilians randomly' Jump to media player Displaced Syrians say Turkish forces have been shelling civilians in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin.
    • 25 Jan
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  • A British man from London has told the BBC he’s going to fight against Turkish forces in Syria.
    Video duration 2:33
    'I hope I haven't killed anyone' Jump to media player A British man tells BBC he’s going to fight against Turkish forces in Syria, despite government warnings.
    • 27 Jan
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  • Safwan left Syria with his pregnant wife with the aim of reaching northern Europe, their journey took several months.
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    'My journey to be present at son's birth' Jump to media player Safwan left Syria with his pregnant wife with the aim of reaching northern Europe, their journey took several months.
    • 27 Jan
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  • A group of volunteers
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    Volunteer fighters 'prepared' by YPG Jump to media player Video shows international volunteers being told they are "prepared" to fight alongside Kurdish militia the YPG.
    • 24 Jan
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  • Sandbags bearing Turkish flags on a rooftop in Azaz, northern Syria
    Video duration 1:46
    Inside rebel Syrian town next to Afrin Jump to media player Mark Lowen visits Azaz, a rebel-held town near where Turkish-led forces are battling Kurdish fighters.
    • 24 Jan
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  • Child being pulled from rubble in Syria
    Video duration 1:33
    The town where children are bombed Jump to media player The BBC has obtained shocking footage from the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta outside Damascus.
    • 23 Jan
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