Father and daughter laughing at bombs in Syria escape war and are in Turkey

The video of Abdullah al-Mohamed laughing with his three-year-old daughter Salwa, whenever they heard an explosion in Syria, went viral on the Internet. The family was contacted by the Turkish authorities and managed to escape the war.

No one was indifferent to a father’s attempt to prevent his daughter from suffering trauma due to the bombings he heard in his native Syria. Video of Abdullah al-Mohamed laughing with his daughter Salwa whenever they heard explosions crossed borders and was heard and seen by thousands of people. The family managed to get out of the city where they lived in Saraqib, in the province of Idlib (one of the most affected by the war), but even in the new residence it did not escape chaos. This “game” created by the father was a kind of oblivion to the war that plagued them.

Abdullah al-Mohamed and Salwa were about 12 kilometers from the border with Turkey. The family was contacted by the Turkish authorities who helped them enter the country ruled by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We are far from the war, there are no explosions, there are no planes, there is no death. It’s a new place, I don’t have a job, but I’m happy, “Abdullah al-Mohamed told the newspaper” El País “, who has reunited with some family members and currently lives with friends. They are estimated to live 3.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Little Salwa’s three-year-old father added that the authorities had granted them refugee visas, as they “do not grant residence to anyone”. Turkey is currently involved in the conflict in Syria, as is Russia: Ankara supports rebel forces, while Moscow “strengthens” President Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime.

The two countries measure forces in the province of Idlib, which is currently under advancement by Syrian forces. The war unleashed in 2011 in Syria caused about 380 thousand dead and millions of displaced and refugees.

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