Syrian refugees hope heinous Syrian war will be over one day
Amira Gharmoush's family has been a victim of both sides of the war for the eastern Ghouta region near Damascus. The 67-year-old Syrian mother of nine is now hoping to piece back together what's left of it.
She fled eastern Ghouta four years ago when, she said, one of her three daughters was killed in the area.
Two of her six sons accompanied her on the journey out of eastern Ghouta at the time.
They were detained by the Syrian regime and she has not heard from them since.
The other four sons stayed inside eastern Ghouta, separated from their mother by the frontlines of a war that has broken up countless families and killed hundreds of thousands of people over the last seven years.
She expressed hope that she would soon see the two sons who remain in Douma.
Amıra Gharmoush, a Syrian woman, said that "My hope is that my sons who are in Ghouta get out, and that the ones who are detainees get out, and to bring my children together, so we all live together."
As the frontlines shifted in recent weeks, Gharmoush was reunited with two more of her sons. They fled eastern Ghouta two weeks ago as the regıme offensive pushed closer to their homes, uprooting them and many thousands more.
She also said that "If my home is destroyed, I will put up a tent like the one I am in now and stay there. I will gather my children and we will stay together."
More than 140,000 people have been displaced from eastern Ghouta since the offensive got underway in February, according to figures cited by the Observatory.