Syria. The Story of One Tragedy | RT Documentary

Ten years into the war, Syrian people are trying to recreate an everyday life for themselves and their children. Although half the country’s schools have been destroyed, teachers are eager to welcome the children of war in the remaining ones. Many of them don’t even remember a peaceful life, but Leith was five when his whole family was killed before his eyes. He remembers the day as vividly as if it were yesterday. He survived thanks to his father, who smeared him with blood so that terrorists would think he was dead. After spending three days surrounded by the bodies of his loved ones, he was captured by terrorists and held hostage for two months. RT journalist Maria Finoshina filmed Leith when he was liberated. His story touched her deeply, and five years later, he went back to Syria to check on the boy and see if his wounds have healed. These days Leith and his grandmother, who survived quite by chance, share a tiny 12 square metre flat in Homs, in a former school that was turned into a shelter for the int