Voice of America: Syrian Kurdish Refugees Fear Harsh Winter in Northern Iraq

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Syrian Kurdish Refugees Fear Harsh Winter in Northern Iraq Oct 7th 2013, 22:14, by webdesk@voanews.com (Sebastian Meyer) Hundreds of thousands of Syrians, mostly Kurds, have fled into northern Iraq, many living in abandoned houses in the region's capital. They are now facing the prospect of battling harsh winter conditions. It's morning on the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. Aisha, a refugee from Syria, is cooking food for the four families that are squatting together in a half-built house. The house has no kitchen, so she cooks in a neighboring construction site, burning discarded wood to ... Media files: EE3C3D7F-E51C-42B4-A0E0-01C1F386D3EA_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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