DARKUSH
Escalating violence on the third year of the crisis in Syria brings along poverty and misery.
Anadolu Agency witnessed the tragedy of the Syrians at night time.
In the Syrian province of Darkush, where electricity is provided only for two hours every day, people try to brighten their lives with oil/heating lamps. The shopkeepers use generators to carry on their business.
The youngest witnesses of the tragedy, the children, read and study in the torch-lit rooms.
Rami Aisi, who said that they had been going through the same difficulty for seven months, adding, "there is no electricity and our phones don't work and we don't have drinking water. We did not deserve to live like this. People had to leave their houses due to the internal conflict. Where are our brothers, where are the Muslims, don't they hear our voice?"
"Look at us. Who deserves to live in such conditions? He (Assad) demolished our houses and turned our lives upside down. Assad took us 50 years back into the past. Where is Islam, where are the Arab countries? Why don't they take care of us?" said Cemri Vasfi, who came from Aleppo and sought refuge in Darkush with his family.
Hamza Osman, living with his elderly mother, stated that their only light source was oil/heating lamps working with diesel and if shortage of diesel began they would suffer completely.
"Only Turkish people are helping us. We thank the Turkish government and people for their support. Hopefully, victory is close and cruel Assad is to leave," Osman added.
Reporting by Lale Koklu
