Hope Barker

2 months ago | newarab.com | Anas Ambri |Hope Barker |Andrea Glioti

For Abu Iskander Alshami the question of returning to a post-Assad Syria is fraught with uncertainty. "My situation is similar to 90% of Syrians - undecided," he told The New Arab. We spoke with Alshami on 17 December 2024, just days after Syria's longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country. Originally from Damascus, Alshami has been living in Cyprus for the past nine years. "Some people cannot go back simply because they do not have a home to go back to. That's the case for me as well.