Disabled in a war zone: the most vulnerable victims of the Syrian war | Unreported World

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  @MrReyna12 · 8 years ago

  The lady that is struggling to put food on the table and still offered the reporter some breakfast I just about burst into tears 😭

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  @KatGlos · 8 years ago

  It looks like there was a good welfare and healthcare system in place in Syria until the war. It's a shame this beautiful country is destroyed.

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  @904czv4 · 8 years ago

  NO child should have to suffer like this: I don’t care what their religion is or where they are from!

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  @TheICEgirl6100 · 8 years ago

  4 years later and things have only worsened in syria

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  @bethroesch2156 · 8 years ago

  "two men, no legs, on a motorcycle. What's the worst that can happen?" Lol. Not too often you can get a laugh out of a documentary like this. It just goes to show that the human spirit is pretty amazing. It sickens me the amount of money that goes to aid but somehow never trickles down to those who need it

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  @mohammedfouzan9739 · 7 years ago

  Update on aya:<br>as part of UNHCR’s resettlement scheme, Aya and her family were to start a new life in France. They’d be leaving Lebanon in less than two weeks. Sihan, Aya’s mother, fretted about what they should take. They were allowed a suitcase each, and into those she packed blankets (for she had been told it was cold) and bags of dried thyme, cumin and Arabic coffee (she wanted to carry a taste of home).<br><br>None of them had flown before. When they boarded the plane in Beirut the family was terrified. Apart from Aya, who, I’m told, did up her seat belt and said “Let’s go!”<br><br>A few days later I visited them at their new home in Laval, an hour’s drive from Paris. Their flat is in a new block on the edge of a small town. It’s quiet, with gardens where the children can play. Random Acts helped provide Aya with a state-of-the-art wheelchair, and for the first time in her life she can fulfil her dream of attending school.<br><br>Eating dinner with the family, I realised, that despite knowing them for over two years, it was the first time I’d seen Aya’s parents smile. It was as if a great weight had been lifted from them. As I was leaving, Sihan told me with tears in her eyes, about the first night they slept in their new flat. Aya often struggles to sleep, but on that night, as she put Aya to bed, Sihan was able to whisper to her: “It’s OK, this is your home now.”

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  @annikaheydl7342 · 7 years ago

  “Aya doesn’t die”. Her spirit is admirable

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  @curvydiva24 · 8 years ago

  God...Aya is so full of life...It&apos;s such a blessing to see even though life is tough ,she&apos;s full of life...I love her dearly and hope for nothing but the best for her...God help these people in Syria,the ones that have fled to other countries and so on...

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  @Shteeeeeeeve · 8 years ago

  I love this channel for reporting the truth, but jeez it&apos;s so hard to watch sometimes :(

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  @lizacamalao5700 · 5 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Aya doesn&apos;t die&quot;<br>That statement tightened my heart and I actually bursted into tears. You can see the determination in her, in all of them who are still fighting against all odds. Such brave souls ✨💞

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  @Cosmosandchisme · 8 years ago

  I wish for the day that the world will be free of war and suffering.

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• BL

  @blu4085 · 8 years ago

  All this suffering of totally innocent people...for what? WHAT WHAT WHAT?? WHY??

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