In midst of Aleppo wreckage, a Syrian family returns home

Monday, January 23, 2017

ALEPPO, Syria -- The street looks as if it was hit by an earthquake, and the bombed-out building in a former rebel-held northeastern neighborhood of Aleppo is deserted except for the second-floor apartment where Abdul-Hamid Khatib and his family are staying.

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