How sports became means of defiance in Syria's besieged al-Waer - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Orwoa Kanawati

Jan 24, 2017

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 — Children play soccer at a playground in the northwestern Homs district of al-Waer, Jan. 17, 2015. — REUTERS

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