Two Palestinian refugees from Aleppo city scored the second and third level at the World Olympiad of Mathematics in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where the young «Sami Habib Rahma» granted silver medal, and the young man «Mohammed Hussein Hanino» granted bronze medal.
The Olympics was launched from 4 to 16 of this month in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with the participation of 104 countries from the five continents, and it is considered one of the most powerful scientific competitions for students of public education, including several disciplines, including mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
The win came in spite of the difficult and tragic conditions experienced by Palestinian refugees in Syria, such as killing and destruction of their camps, arrest, and blockade, in addition to the suspension of educational life because of siege, bombardment, and poor security conditions there.