Nadia,* 43, has come to the Ajlun branch of the Jordanian Red Crescent with her 16-year-old daughter Wade and her twin sons Ali and Omar, aged five. Ali and Omar are both severely disabled.
She says: ‘We made our escape over the mountains, walking for five hours. I came with 17 members of my family. Many people came – there were 5,000 people at the same time making this journey.
‘I had to give my sons sleeping pills to make the journey. I had been carrying them for four days when we made th...
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