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  • A decade since Canada opened its doors, Syrians reflect on home away from home

    12/15/2024 2:29:04 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 15 replies
    BBC News ^ | Dec. 15, 2024 | Johanna Chisholm and Nadine Yousef
    It started with just a small group gathered in Mississauga's Celebration Square, rejoicing that 10,000 km (6,200 miles) away, the Syrian city of Homs had fallen to rebel forces. But when news broke that President Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, putting an end to the country's civil war, this town square in a small Canadian city became flooded with people celebrating, many of whom had fled Assad's regime for Canada just a decade ago. "I was crying for more than 45 minutes," said Khaled Abdulwahed, a 31-year-old Syrian who resettled in Toronto when he was just a young man...