In a harrowing tale of survival, Ahmed Yahia Dabbas and his family fled Lebanon to return to Syria, their war-torn homeland, after facing destruction in the Israeli bombardment of southern Beirut. The family's five-day journey back to Syria was fraught with challenges, including navigating numerous checkpoints where bribes were demanded for passage.
Upon reaching Aleppo city, they spent three nights in a precarious 'no man's land' before finally settling in the northern countryside of Idlib. Their story is just one of many as fear of detainment, torture, and death at the hands of the Syrian government drives people to seek refuge in non-regime-held areas.
