'We won't give up’: new generation of activists keep Syria's revolution alive
The Guardian UK
In the few areas not retaken by Assad’s forces, people gather to reiterate the same demands protesters made a decade ago Sarah Kasem’s teenage years were spent living under siege in the city of Homs, where friends and relatives disappeared in regime prisons and her family lived much of the time without electricity, struggling to secure food and medicine. All the while, Bashar al-Assad’s air force dropped barrel bombs and cluster munitions on their neighbourhood.When the city fell, the family were faced with a choice millions more would make during the course of the war: stay and face Assad’s troops, who would treat them like terrorists, or flee to Idlib province – also unstable, but at least outside regime control. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/15/new-generation-of-activists-keep-syrian-revolution-alive
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