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The first snow is falling on Lebanon's Bekaa valley, where thousands of Syrian refugees brace themselves for another harsh winter away from home. Mana Rabiee reports.
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Istanbul (Turkey), Sep 21 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sedat Suna) Adnan Osman, a 12-year-old Syrian Kurdish refugee, is a promising fighter for the Avcilar Municipality Sports Club in Istanbul who is clear that "he wants to win championships in name of Turkey", the country that welcomed him and his family when he was just three years old, after fleeing the war in Syria.FOOTAGE OF OSMAN DURING A FIGHT AT THE FESTIVAL ULUGAZI OIL WRESTLING IN ISTANBUL. FOOTAGE OF HIS TRAINING WITH TRAINER YASIN GÜNES.
Akkar (Lebanon), Apr 23 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) The clock strikes 7:14 but nothing denotes that it is time to break the fast of the holy month of Ramadan in this settlement of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. With loved ones missing amid a severe economic crisis makes this special time even tougher for some.FOOTAGE OF THE SYRIAN REFUGEE SETTLEMENT NUMBER 22 IN AKKAR, LEBANON.SOUNDBITES OF ABU YASER, RESIDENT IN THE CAMP: - "Today we have nothing that makes us feel that it is Ramadan, we have nothing, we left our houses and our country. We have nothing, we have nothing left, what is Ramadan going to mean to us now?"
Beirut (Lebanon), Oct 13 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Nabil Mounzer) A group of Syrian refugees protested on Tuesday in Beirut in front of the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to request the activation of medical care and the provision of financial aid.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.