'We were very happy': Syrian refugee in Fresno optimistic about the future of his home

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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The governmental concern successful Syria has captured the attraction of galore folks who person roots successful the Middle East. The Assad authorities came to an extremity connected Nov. 29 aft rebels captured large cities similar Aleppo.

Now, 1 Syrian exile surviving successful Fresno said they can’t hold to instrumentality home.

“All the bombing kept going and much similar aggressive. That's wherever I decided to determination retired of Syria,” Syrian exile Khaled Altamr said.

Khaled Altamr is simply a exile who escaped Syria 10 years agone portion nether Bashar Al-Assad’s rule.

“The Assad authorities is precise cult-like. They termination everybody. You talk, determination is nary freedom. And past the protests, they commencement sidesplitting everybody successful the protests,” Altamr said. “When the Syrian authorities took our village, they killed thousands of people.”

Altamr near his household to find a amended beingness successful the United States. But, aft the caller autumn of the Assad regime, Altamr is looking guardant to returning home.

“We were shocked erstwhile we heard the news, what happened and we saw the rebels. They took Aleppo, which was my city. We were precise happy. I judge present each Syrian exile who's astir the satellite and who's surviving successful a tent, tin spell backmost to their state and unrecorded with peace,” Altamr said.

Altamr is optimistic astir the aboriginal of his homeland. Despite the demolition near down by the Assad regime, Altamr is acceptable to rebuild.

“Unfortunately, our location was destroyed and stolen and burned and each that. But we volition physique again. We physique our houses. We volition spell backmost to our country. And my kids astatine slightest get to spell spot their family.”

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