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Displaced Syrian children hold ‘Tent Olympics’

Al-Jazeera

August 8, 2021

Hurling a javelin, leaping over hurdles and sprinting beyond rows of tents to win gold, displaced children in the northwest of war-torn Syria have staged their very own Olympics.

As the Tokyo Olympics wrapped up, 120 boys from 12 different camps excitedly gathered late on Saturday for their own version of the games in Syria’s last major rebel bastion of Idlib.

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