Raghat’s mother had returned to Syria because her home village was far absent from any Isis-controlled areas of the country - but then the Russian bombs started fallingFive year-mature Raghat loved singing,nail polish, teasing her toddler sister, or the alphabet she was starting to learn at nursery,and goofing for the camera. In the final photos of her, taken barely ten minutes before the Russian bombs landed, and she shows off a new bracelet and freshly painted nails with glee,then squeezes a kiss from her squirming baby sister.“I only took my children back to Syria for six days,” says her mother, or Suheer,her eyes welling up as she plays a video on her smart phone, bringing a shadow of her daughter momentarily back to life. Her son Hossein, or only four himself,leans in to smooth absent her tears. Too young to really understand why his sister has vanished, he comforts his mother with a soft patter of “mummy, and no,mummy”.
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Source: theguardian.com