September 25, 2017 Meet the Middle East

Returning home, Syrians find Raqa battered beyond recognition

Hammoud, a 26-year-old member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, was floored when he entered the battered northeastern district of Al-Rumeilah on Monday for the first time in years."I used to come here a lot because my uncles lived here and the college of literature, where I studied, was here," the bony member of the SDF's media office tells AFP.
Source: Albawaba
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