Syrian Refugees Displaced by War Struggle to Survive in Coldest Winter

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At least 80,000  Syrian refugees will have to spend the winter in tents. Many others are living in unfinished or unheated buildings with only slightly more protection.
 

Humanitarian crisis: A Syrian man carried a child through the snow during a winter storm in a refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

Humanitarian crisis: A Syrian man carried a child through the snow during a winter storm in a refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley

 

 

Caught in the cold: A Syrian refugee works outside his tent during a winter storm in Zahle town, in the Bekaa Valley where some of the millions of displaced and refugees from the war in Syria live

Caught in the cold: A Syrian refugee works outside his tent during a winter storm in Zahle town, in the Bekaa Valley where some of the millions of displaced and refugees from the war in Syria live

 

 

 

 

 

The worst is yet to come: A storm named Alexa is sweeping across Syria and Lebanon, bringing with it high winds and freezing temperatures

The worst is yet to come: A storm named Alexa is sweeping across Syria and Lebanon, bringing with it high winds and freezing temperatures

 

 

 

 

 

Surviving the cold: A woman is carrying bread and water in the tented settlement in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, home to more than a thousand people

Surviving the cold: A woman is carrying bread and water in the tented settlement in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, home to more than a thousand people

 

 

 

Little sheltyer: Two Syrian refugee children run for cover from the snow in Zahle

Little shelter: Two Syrian refugee children run for cover from the snow in Zahle

 

 

 

 

Doing their best: A family sit close together inside their tent to keep warm in the winter storm

Doing their best: A family sit close together inside their tent to keep warm in the winter storm

 

 

 

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