Football A Great Joy in Rebel-Held Northwest Syria
Idlib, Syria - Thousands of fans in Syria's last opposition bastion have packed into a stadium for the frenzied final of a football cup - an escape valve amid years of conflict and misery.
'I'm really happy today,' said Mohammed al-Zeer, 28, from the northwestern city of Idlib. 'Between the war and the destruction and explosions and the problems,' events like a football match are 'a great joy.'
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