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05/16/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/16/2025 01:32

Syrian centenarian leads his family home as returns reach half a million

At over 100 years old, Jassim has witnessed a lifetime of change in Syria, but nothing could prepare him for the horror and heartbreak of conflict. In 2013, as fighting engulfed his village near the city of Al-Qusayr in western Syria, a shell landed near his house, killing three of his children.

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