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Caves, graveyards and prison cells: Displaced Syrians’ desperate search for shelter

“Even animals won't live here.”

Displaced Syrians, in their desperate search for shelter, have been forced to stay in cluttered underground caves, overcrowded prison cells and abandoned graveyards.

A Russian-backed government offensive has displaced nearly one million people since December 2019.
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