Sunday, March 17, 2019

Protest, torture, siege, displacement: The Syrian revolution through a rebel's eyes

Obada Dabbas lived through some of the worst atrocities of Syria's eight-year war. Now in Idlib, he looks back on his experiences

Rebel fighter Obada Dabbas in al-Dana, a town in Syria's Idlib province (MEE/Harun al-Aswad)

By Harun al-Aswad- 16 March 2019
In the dusty backyard of a small house with cracks down its walls sits Obada Dabbas, cooking eggs.
Despite suffering from old wounds, a broad smile is drawn across his face.