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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 20 > Syrian purgatory

Syrian purgatory

• Refugees from a seemingly never-ending civil war scrounge for food, health care and comfort

By Steven Sotloff / The Bulletin
January 20, 2013

ATMEH, Syria —

Um Ibrahim shivered in the rain outside her tent. It was less than 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and the winter wind cut to the bone. When I asked why she didn't have a blanket like everyone else at the Atmeh refugee camp, she shrugged and looked down. “I sold it to buy bread for my....

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