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‘I can’t imagine my children building their future in Syria’ – family left to ponder fate after …

Syrian refugee Najem al-Moussa with his wife Bushra Al Bukaai and their five children, Mira (13), Tzias (9), Eman (7), Eyas (5) and Oday (3) at their home in Athens. Photo: Reuters

Syrian refugee Najem al-Moussa with his wife Bushra Al Bukaai and their five children, Mira (13), Tzias (9), Eman (7), Eyas (5) and Oday (3) at their home in Athens. Photo: Reuters

Karolina Tagaris

Today at 03:30

Najem al-Moussa was delighted when news of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow first beamed from the television in his tiny Athens apartment.

Then came a dreaded thought: what if Assad’s fall meant he and his family would be forced to return to the devastated country they fled nine years before?

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