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FILE - People walk in the snow in countryside near Damascus, Syria, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022

Video. Snow covers camp for internally displaced people in Syria

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"We had to borrow money at the start of winter to but insulation... The tents are now on the brink of collapsing any minute. We don’t have heating as people can't gather wood. The situation is bad and there’s no food or aid," says Um Ahmed, displaced Syrian

Snow covered a camp for internally displaced Syrians in the Khirbet al-Joz area, in the west of the northwestern Idlib province near the border with Turkey. 

"When snow fell last night we were in a bad situation.. We have children. We were afraid the tents would collapse on them due to the heavy snow," Um Ahmed, a displaced Syrian said.

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