Lying cold and frightened in an unfamiliar bed, or sprawled
on a filthy mattress while reliving the memories of family members' deaths -
these heartbreaking photos show where children fleeing Syria are now forced to
sleep.
Since 2011, the war between Syrian president Bashar
al-Assad's government and rebel groups including ISIS and the Free Syrian Army
has claimed the lives of 200,000 people and created an estimated 4million
refugees.
Among them are thousands of children. Many are so young they
know nothing but violence, while others hold only fleeting memories of
childhoods spent in once-peaceful cities such as Aleppo and Homs. They are
quite heartbreaking, more after the cut.
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