Four sisters reunited in the Golan Heights, hoping for a future without the barrier separating them from their families.
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Con muy pocas visitas permitidas a los familiares a lo largo de los años, una colina cercana fue apodada “Colina del Grito”, donde las familias se reunían a ambos lados de la valla y usaban altavoces para hablar entre sí. “Era algo un poco diferente. La ves en persona. Parece que podrías estar allí en dos minutos en coche”, dijo Soha Safadi, de 51 años, el miércoles después de ver el punto que era su hermana en la colina. “Esto es mucho mejor, mucho mejor”.
Después de la caída de Assad, el ejército israelí avanzó a través de la zona desmilitarizada y hacia el interior de Siria. Ha capturado el monte Hermón, la montaña más alta de Siria, conocida como Jabal al Sheikh en árabe, en cuyas laderas se encuentra Majdal Shams. La zona desmilitarizada ahora es un hervidero de actividad militar y de construcción, y Sawsan no puede acercarse a la valla.
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