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Yamam al Shaar

Haunted by conflict, Syrian mother tries to heal mental scars

Roda Aftan Shlash, a 42-year old mother who fled Islamic State militants in eastern Syria with her family five years ago, sits at her home in Jaramana, in Damascus suburb, Syria, January 18, 2022. Picture taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar

Roda Aftan Shlash fled Islamic State militants in eastern Syria with her family five years ago, leaving behind the hardline militants but not the trauma of living under their brutal rule.

The 42-year-old mother of four children spent the next two years on the move before settling near the capital Damascus, hundreds of kilometres from home and still bearing the mental scars of conflict, violence and displacement.

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