Flooding renders thousands of displaced Syrians homeless in northwest

Weeks of heavy rains have created immense hardship for Idlib residents, who are already contending with the war between rebel groups and the government.
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An aerial picture shows flooded tents after heavy rain at a camp for displaced Syrians near the town of Kafr Lusin by the border with Turkey, in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib on Jan. 19, 2021. Flooding following heavy rain at displacement camps in northwest Syria has killed a child and damaged or destroyed the tents of thousands of people, according to residents and aid workers. - AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images
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Rains and flooding have rendered thousands homeless in war-torn northwest Syria.

More than 21,700 tents have been destroyed by recent rainfall, affecting 121,000 displaced Syrians, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement Friday. At least one person has been killed in addition to three injured, the UN added.

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