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This family left its home, but not Syria
Mark Sappenfield
Editor
From the Middle East to Europe, one of the biggest questions today is: How many Syrians who fled their homes during the civil war will return? Dominique Soguel offers the first glimpses of an answer today.
My attention turns to the al-Khansour family, who stayed in Syria, resettling in the city run by the rebels who now control the country. It is a slice of what Syria was – and perhaps could be.
