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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
At least 84 die fleeing Islamic State in Deir al-Zor in east Syria
2019-03-02
[Ynet] At least 84 people, two thirds of them children, have died since December on their way to al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria after fleeing Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
in the Deir al-Zor region, the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
said on Friday.

"There are reports of 175 children having been hospitalized due to medical symptoms from severe acute malnutrition," Jens Laerke, front man of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), also told a news briefing, citing reports from UN agencies and aid groups on the ground.

Some 13,000 people fled Deir al-Zor last week, many of them arriving at al-Hol, and the exodus continues on what is a "long and very tiring journey", he said.
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