Children play along a street in a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, Syria, in 2017. — Reuters
MOHAMMAD is five years old, Areej six and Dalaa 10. Syrian refugees in Turkey, these children have inherited a yearning for a country they know little to nothing about.
More than 3.6 million Syrians have found shelter from the decade-long conflict in neighbouring Turkey, including around 1.5 million children under the age of 15, according to official figures.
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Syria: 10 years of conflict
A displaced Syrian girl sits outside her family's tent at a refugee camp in Bar Elias, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. — AP
A displaced Syrian boy, Omar, 10, who sells flowers on the street and who fled the war from his hometown of Hassakeh, holds a toy gun and flowers in Hamra street, Beirut, Lebanon. — AP
A displaced Syrian girl holds her cat, as she walks on an unpaved street at a refugee camp in Bar Elias, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.— AP
A displaced Syrian boy holds a chicken, as he sits outside his family's tent, at a refugee camp in Bar Elias, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. — AP
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