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Syrian refugee mothers in Lebanon

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The war in Syria is now in its seventh year and people continue to flee the country. Some women who flee across the border into Lebanon are pregnant.

Syrian refugees at a makeshift settlement in Bar Elias town, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon.
Syrian refugees at a makeshift settlement in Bar Elias town, in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon. Reuters/Aziz Taher
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Since the war started in 2011, about 80,000 babies have been born in Lebanon to Syrian mothers.

But as correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports from Beirut, the conditions for expectant mothers range from dismal to outright dangerous.

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