Orphan

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This news word describes a tragic result of war.

Orphan.

Five years of civil war has orphaned children all over Syria.

Some of them found refuge in this World War II orphanage north of Aleppo.

We take care of their educational needs and support them with the help of civil society organizations.

To be orphaned means as a child your parents have died.

An orphaned is a home for orphans.

Now you know what the news word orphan means.

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