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Friday, July 17, 2015

On your bike: The Syrian refugees cycling more than 2,000 miles from their war-torn homeland to Europe

Ahmad Al Ashkar rides his bicycle through the streets of Damascus for one hour every day. In two months time, Ashkar and some of his friends plan to travel by bike from war-torn Syria to a new life in Europe - a journey of more than 2,000 km (1,200 miles). "First we plan to travel from Syria to Lebanon via land and go to Turkey by plane, and then travel to Greece by ship.


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