Refugees in Greece finally swap canvas for bricks and mortar
John Psaropoulos Freelance journalist based in Athens, and regular IRIN contributor
By the time Ilida Alali was 16, she had been a prisoner in her own home for four years. Both government and rebel ordnance fell without warning on the hotly contested Karm al-Myassar neighbourhood near Aleppo’s airport where she and her family lived. In any case, she had nowhere to go. Opposition groups had occupied the area’s schools since she was 13.
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