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U.N. says Algerian security move has stranded vulnerable Syrians in desert

U.N. says Algerian security move has stranded vulnerable Syrians in desert [Courtesy]

The United Nations said on Thursday it feared for the safety of Syrians barred from entering Algeria from the south, saying some of those turned back were refugees left stranded in the desert and not suspected militants as Algiers maintains.

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