Whatever Happened To ... The Only Brain Surgeon Working In Aleppo From 2014 To 2019?
Dr. Omar Ibrahim went from Aleppo to Idlib province to continue treating injuries from shelling. Now, after six years of doing surgery in a war zone, he is starting a new chapter in his life.
For six years Omar Ibrahim was a surgeon in a war zone. After seeing a call for doctors in Syria, he left Egypt for Turkey and literally walked into the war-ravaged country. From 2014 until 2016 as war raged in Aleppo, he was the only brain surgeon in that city, working in two underground hospitals known as M2 and M10, both funded by the Syrian American Medical Society, an aid organization, and treating the head and brain injuries inflicted by bombs and shrapnel from troops loyal to the Syrian regime.
When Aleppo fell in 2016, Ibrahim was one of
