Mahasen al-Dada describes how she was able to return to Manchester but left her husband behind.
A British woman has told how she has been forced to flee Lebanon with her two young sons, leaving her husband behind.between Israel and Hezbollah, the UK Foreign Office earlier this week urged Britons to leave the Middle East country as quickly as possible.
She was able to return to the UK on Wednesday with her children on a government-chartered flight from Beirut to Birmingham. She said they made the decision for the safety and future of their children who were no longer able to go to school because of the worsening security situation."The children were crying and asking me questions I couldn't even answer. My six-year-old is so little he's not going understand to how visas work and how war happens.
"I feel like I made the right decision for my children. I'm happy that I have another place to call home. I'm Lebanese but I'm British as well, and I'm lucky that I have a government that cares for me," she continued.
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