Syrians in Idlib fear history is repeating itself

 

 'Ahmed Abu Hajar, President, Idlib University:

 "Of course there is one criminal, whether in Russia, Ukraine or Syria, and that is Putin. It was Putin himself that targeted hospitals and schools, infrastructure and educational buildings in Syria and in Ukraine."



 Abdel Kafi Al-Hamdo, English Teacher:

"The world was ignoring what's happening in Syria, and this is repeated in Ukraine. And this will be repeated everywhere."



 Ahmed Al-Khalif, Internally Displaced Person:

 "To this day we live in camps because of the bombings by the Russian planes. This is our reality now, snow, bitter cold. We just want to go home."



 Abdul Salam Yusuf, Internally Displaced Person:

 "We wish to stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people, who share the same sad fate as us because of this criminal.

 But at the beginning of the Russian war against Ukraine, we got a sense of some of the attitudes of world leaders. They call Ukrainians Ukrainian citizens, while Syrian migrants are called beggars and refugees."



 Aziz Al-Azmar, Artist:

 "With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have felt that this scene is very similar to what happened to us in Syria. We also saw Ukrainian children and Ukrainian citizens fleeing from their villages and homes, just like what happened in Syria.

 If we don't put a stop to this, Russia will go further and invade all the weaker states it can. This is why we have come to paint on the walls of our destroyed homes pictures of Russian jets, a Russian bear invading Ukraine, to send a message to the world that this killer is uniting us in Syria and now in Ukraine." '