Abu Mohammad Alaya stands on top of a pile of rubble, still searching for the body for his eldest son more than a week after an air strike destroyed their home in Syria's eastern Ghouta. Alaya, 50, breaks into tears as he describes his desperate attempts to lift concrete slabs with his bare hands. The Feb. 22 air strike in the eastern Ghouta town of Douma also killed his brother's wife and their nine-year-old daughter. He remembers his son as a keen footballer who had bought a new TV to watch the World Cup finals in Russia this summer. Alaya calls out in vain for his son, even though he is fairly certain where the young man lies buried under the heavy debris.

Source: dna March 04, 2018 13:18 UTC