Abdelaziz al-Hassan did not want to live in an overcrowded camp after fleeing war in northwestern Syria, so instead his family pitched a tent in the ruins of a Roman temple.
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An aerial view shows the tents of war-displaced Syrians living amid Roman ruins on November 1, 2020 at the UNESCO-listed site of Baqirha not far from the Turkish border, in a region of northwest Syria filled with abandoned Roman and Byzantine settlements. - Almost one million Syrians fled their homes last winter during a Russia-backed offensive on Syria's last rebel stronghold of Idlib, and dozens of them have settled in the UNESCO-listed site of Baqirha, near the Turkish border, among centuries-old Roman and Byzantine ruins. (Photo by Abdulaziz ketaz / AFP)
2020-11-11 10:41:41
Abdelaziz al-Hassan did not want to live in an overcrowded camp after fleeing war in northwestern Syria, so instead his family pitched a tent in the ruins of a Roman temple.
He, his wife and three children are among almost one million Syrians who fled their homes last winter during a Russia-backed offensive on Syria's last rebel stronghold of Idlib.
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