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Monday, December 03, 2012

[Lebanon] IRIN - Concern for Syrian refugees as winter approaches

[Picture from same article - copyright irinnews.org, 21/11/2012 - Issam Abdallah/IRIN]

21.11.2012. Winter is approaching fast for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, who are facing night-time temperatures that regularly dip below zero.

Lana, 21, from the suburbs of Damascus, worries about her three-month-old baby.

She fled Syria when the child was 10 days old, afraid for her daughter’s security when her home city started to be bombed. She has been living for the past two months in Taalabaya in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley region.

"I don't know how things will be in the winter for my baby, it's getting colder and colder," she said.

She had been three times to the Caritas centre in the town looking for assistance but has not yet received a blanket or heater.


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