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Syrians endure hardship in cold winter

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Syrians chop wood for fire as an unusual bout of cold blanketed the beleaguered country in snow.<br/> <br />Amateur footage shows the dire wintery strife of those caught up in the fighting between pro- and anti-regime forces.<br/> <br />In Aleppo, residents wait in bread lines before the roads are cut off by the snow.<br/> <br />One man explains that there is little bread and diesel, and the electricity has been off for two months. People are slowly dying, he says.<br/> <br />And more amateur footage shows the harsh reality of life inside one of Syria's displaced persons' camps.<br/> <br />The video shows a shanty town-like existence for those displaced by the ongoing conflict.<br/> <br />Inside one tent is a family from Hama whose home was destroyed by government forces.<br/> <br />They lost everything, and did not have enough money to flee the country.<br/> <br />Outside, a young girl introduces herself as Raghdad.<br/> <br />She lost her leg in an aerial attack while she was playing in the street near her home.<br/> <br />On Wednesday, the UN World Food Programme said it was unable to feed the millions needing food in Syria as resources there dwindle.

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