Syrians living in Shrewsbury say their countryfolk have been through enough after facing years of war and now a devastating earthquake that has killed more than 40,000 people.
Members of the Syrian community gathered at the war memorial at The Quarry, Shrewsbury, to remember the victims of the earthquake. Pictured is Leen SwedanSyrians now in Shrewsbury, many of them refugees from the war during the past decade, said their countryfolk have been through enough when they gathered in the county town on Sunday.
Members of the Syrian community gather at the war memorial, at The Quarry, Shrewsbury, to remember the victims of the earthquake.."It was really beautiful," he said."It was destroyed by war and now by the earthquake." "Those who survived have no homes and little food. It is winter there, I can not begin to imagine the suffering."
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