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Child labor soars in Syria's liberated areas

The Syrian war has left many children as the sole breadwinners for their families, pushing them to work at difficult and often dangerous jobs with long hours and little pay.

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Children make sports shoes in a sweatshop in government-controlled al-Hamadaniah district of Aleppo, Syria, July 12, 2017. — REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

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