Workers toil at a makeshift oil refinery in Syria - in pictures

Many amateur refineries have sprung up in the country since civil war broke out in 2011

A boy works at a makeshift oil refinery near the village of Tarhin, in an area under the control of Turkish-backed factions in the northern countryside of Aleppo, Syria. AFP

Apr 1, 2021

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