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Storm blankets Syrian tented camps in snow, at least one child dead

A picture taken with a drone shows a partially snow covered camp for internally displaced people, in northern Aleppo countryside, Syria January 19, 2022. Picture taken January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano

At least one child was killed in northern Syria this week when a storm blanketed tented camps in snow and brought freezing temperatures, compounding the misery of thousands of people displaced by the Mediterranean country's decade-long war.

The child died and its mother was in intensive care after snow caused their tent to collapse in the Qastal Miqdad area, as a result of the storm that struck on Jan. 18, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

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