An Edinburgh Syrian refugee has welcomed the fall of the Assad regime in his home country after his family are freed from brutal prisons.
A Syrian refugee who made Edinburgh his home has welcomed the fall of the Assad regime in his home country after his family are freed from brutal prisons.
Amar grew up in a draconian environment despite his family’s relatively high social status because of the torment caused by Assad's Alawaite minority regime. He said: "I grew up in Damascus and attended Damascus University before coming to Edinburgh in 2007. Life economically was ok back home. "We have distant relatives who were killed in a very brutal way, some of them were among the 40,000 citizens from Hama who disappeared or were buried in mass graves. So many of my mother’s uncles had to flee to different countries because they were simply born in Hama.
Throughout the civil war, Amar and his wife kept in regular contact with their family who remained in Syria. After hearing Assad had fled the country they were unwilling to accept the reality until they saw a photo of Assad in Moscow. On what the future holds, he added: “I’ve always said Syria is for all Syrians and should be an inclusive country with no discrimination or revenge for those with ethnic backgrounds. There should be accountability for other war criminals but also forgiveness for those deceived by the regime and were tricked into advocating for it.
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