AhlulBayt News Agency: A disabled Iranian father and his son are to return to the Islamic Republic from a trip to Syria, to which they had travelled to visit the Arab country’s holy sites, after being surrounded and harassed by militants apparently due to their Shia faith and Iranian origin.
Ali-Akbar Aboutaleb and his 13-year-old son, Ja’afar, had travelled to Syria following the country’s takeover by Western- and Israeli-backed militants.
They, however, faced complications as they sought to return home after facing militants from the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants, who overthrew Syria’s democratically-elected government in December amid escalated deadly aggression by the Israeli regime against Syria’s military and civilian infrastructures.
The due have attracted social media fame due to their standing by their beliefs, despite harassment by the HTS militants, who taunted them for their faith and Iranian origin.
They, however, managed to travel to Moscow from the Russian airbase in Syria’s Hmeimim port city on Friday and are expected to reach Iran in the coming day.
Despite being insulted by the militants, the Iranian father apparently retained his composure.
The militants ousted the government of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad amid intense Israeli attacks against the country.
The Israeli regime has been rendering controversial support to anti-Syria groups since their taking on the country in 2011.
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Ali-Akbar Aboutaleb and his 13-year-old son, Ja’afar, had travelled to Syria following the country’s takeover by Western- and Israeli-backed militants.
They, however, faced complications as they sought to return home after facing militants from the Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) militants, who overthrew Syria’s democratically-elected government in December amid escalated deadly aggression by the Israeli regime against Syria’s military and civilian infrastructures.
The due have attracted social media fame due to their standing by their beliefs, despite harassment by the HTS militants, who taunted them for their faith and Iranian origin.
They, however, managed to travel to Moscow from the Russian airbase in Syria’s Hmeimim port city on Friday and are expected to reach Iran in the coming day.
Despite being insulted by the militants, the Iranian father apparently retained his composure.
The militants ousted the government of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad amid intense Israeli attacks against the country.
The Israeli regime has been rendering controversial support to anti-Syria groups since their taking on the country in 2011.
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