Author: Irfan Raja - Essraa Al Hamdan

Sitting in a cozy flat in Gaziantep, the Alhamdan family celebrated a free Syria. Everyone thanked God and chanted in praise. Hearts beat with joy and everyone sang and danced in happiness. The decades-long brutal, inhumane and repugnant Assad regime had finally fallen. On, the day the Assad family’s statues toppled across Syria, a new dawn of optimism rose. Of course, none of the Syrians will ever forget the brutalities inflicted upon them by the regime leaders. But now they can take a fresh breath. It’s time to bury the past and start striving for the future. The world has…