Sunday, 1 August 2021

‘Parents are dressing up their children to be buried’: Syria’s war on young escalates

Mural artist Hussein Sabbagh, 13, one of 27 children killed in government attacks in north-west Syria in two months Amid the rubble of bombed homes in Binnish, a town in north-west Syria, a brightly painted mural stands out. The image shows an intact house, with love hearts streaming from the windows. Overhead, however, the dark silhouettes of birds are accompanied by helicopters, warplanes and missiles, and the garden’s red and yellow flowers look like flames. Related: Syria: Assad shells former opposition stronghold Deraa Continue reading...
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