Between truth and fiction, young men on the outskirts of the city of Idlib shoot at each other on a make-believe "battlefield" inspired by the bloody shoot 'em up video game "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", or PUBG.

Syria has been wracked by twelve years of conflict, but in a striking irony, youngsters in Idlib say the wildly popular virtual violence simulator offers them respite from the turmoil of war, precisely because it "reflects their reality"' (Video Courtesy of AFP)

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