Desperate Syrian family hopes to reunite after fleeing Raqa
284 views · Published 14 July 2017 · 1:03 · Indexed 14 November 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · News & Politics
In four years, Mohammad al-Hassan only heard his son's voice once: when the young Syrian soldier called a radio show to send regards to his family trapped in jihadist bastion Raqa. The 62-year-old and his wife Nazira, who never left their home town in northern Syria during years of Islamic State group rule, have seen their family torn apart by the country's complex war.
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