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Orwoa Kanawati is an Aleppo-based Syrian journalist, primarily in the sports field, but now working as a field reporter in Aleppo for Syria Newsdesk. He is also active in civil society and politics, and is the spokesperson for the Association for Youth and Sports in Syria, a non-governmental organization.
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![Children play soccer at a playground in the northwestern Homs district of Al Waer January 17, 2015. U.N. aid workers have started delivering food to tens of thousands of people trapped in a besieged district of Homs city in Syria following negotiations with warring parties, officials said on Friday. . REUTERS/Stringer (SYRIA - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTR4LTIK](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/01/RTR4LTIK.jpg/RTR4LTIK.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=uVZmsWu_)
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![Free Syrian Army fighters sit in a shelter in Aleppo's Sheikh Najjar July 8, 2014. Picture taken July 8, 2014.
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