Zeina Sido

“We went and saw our house completely destroyed,”

Zeina Sido · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26

Sido described finding her four-room house completely destroyed upon arrival in Afrin.

“I still have hope to do that. Were it not for hope, we would not have been able to return here in the first place.”

Zeina Sido · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26

Sido said hope was what enabled her to return to Afrin despite finding her home in ruins.

“My wish is that we establish our family in our house and in our land, and this is a beautiful feeling that we are able to do that,”

Zeina Sido · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26

Sido expressed her wish to reestablish her family in their home and land in Afrin.

“Their treatment was excellent.”

Zeina Sido · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26

Sido praised the treatment she received during the return process to Afrin.

“It was a wonderful feeling when they told us, ‘Pack your belongings; you will return to your homes,'”

Zeina Sido · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26

Sido recalled the moment she was told to pack her belongings for a state-sponsored convoy back to Afrin.

“Every time we are able to establish something, we are forced into displacement and we repeat the cycle,”

Zeina Sido · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26

Sido described the recurring cycle of displacement she has experienced throughout her life.

“We found it had turned into a house for sheep. This house was for a human being and it should not turn into a house for animals. Did they not take into consideration that the people of these houses would return to them?”

Zeina Sido · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-26

Sido expressed dismay that her home had been repurposed as a shelter for sheep.