With nowhere to run, Idlib residents reach for life, but prepare to fight
The sight of his three-year-old twins pains Ibrahim, but he thanks God they are both alive.
Should fears of a full-blown attack on the Syrian rebel bastion of Idlib materialize, Maya, the youngest sibling by just a few seconds, would barely see the horrors that ensue. And her brother Aboud wouldn’t be able to run from them.
A missile attack in April, presumably Russian, shredded the seven-story building where they were living. Maya was blinded in one eye, and her brother sustained a leg injury.
In any event there is nowhere to go, says their father, a civilian. No choice but to stay and fight.
“Everyone is worried about this battle, and everyone is looking for safety,” the sports coach tells the Monitor, sharing images of his children. “But safety is only possible by bringing down the regime [of Bashar al-Assad].”
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