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Blizzard overwhelms displaced in northwest Syria

A blizzard has destroyed hundreds of tents in the camps of northwest Syria, where thousands of displaced residents live without heat or medical services.
OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images

The snowstorm that has been raging in the region for days now has wreaked havoc in dozens of displaced camps and destroyed thousands of tents.

The Syrian Civil Defense Organization (White Helmets) reported Jan. 22 that 72 camps housing about 2,250 families in northwestern Syria have sustained varying degrees of damage from the blizzard hitting the region since Jan. 18.

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