I survived the Aleppo siege, but in Turkey, death still chases me

As the Syrian war enters its seventh year, Mojahed Abu al-Jood recounts his flight from Aleppo and his perilous journey into Turkey with smugglers--Displaced Syrians at a shelter in the neighbourhood of Jibrin, east of Aleppo on 1 December 2016 (AFP)

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Migrants wait with life vests while they are camping after being cheated by smugglers in Canakkale on 

29 January 2016(AFP) Mojahed Abu al-Jood-Wednesday 15 March 2017 07:45 UTC

“The regime army is close to us.” This is what they said to us the whole way. We could not tell them to let us go back. We asked them, “Who are you? Where are we going?” The answer was always: “Shut up and don’t say a word!”

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