Children play on a beach in Latakia
Children play on a beach in the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia June 17, 2014. Residents of the Armenian Christian village of Kasab on Syria's border with Turkey began returning home on Monday, dancing, cheering and waving flags in the main square a day after the army retook the area from rebels. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TRAVEL) SOCIETY)
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