{"id":133718,"date":"2018-04-09T19:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=133718"},"modified":"2018-04-10T10:37:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T07:37:49","slug":"families-of-abductees-cling-to-hope-as-they-await-good-tidings-about-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=133718","title":{"rendered":"Hopes of abductee&#8217;s families boosted as they await tidings of loved ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA- &#8220;I hope I will see my son Yamen among the liberated,&#8221; said Adib Sulaiman, father of abducted soldier Yamen who was kidnapped five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Yamen\u2019s father, who arrived from Tartous early in the morning, is living emotionally-charged moments along with other abductees\u2019 families who are waiting nervously at al-Fayhaa Sports City, hoping to get wind of any information about their beloved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Emotions are running high in the sports city where families of abducted people assembled, fired with a fresh hope after Jaish al-Islam terrorists were defeated in Douma.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the first batch of the abductees held by \u201cJaish al-Islam\u201d terrorists in Douma was liberated in implementation of an agreement which provides for liberating all the abductees in Douma in exchange for evacuating the terrorists and their families to Jarablos.<\/p>\n<p>Samir Abdel Hamid has spent his night at al-Fayhaa City waiting for good news about his brother Ali, who was kidnapped in Zamalka seven years ago. When he saw SANA\u2019s camera, he rushed to ask if we have any information that might set his mind at peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong days of agonizing waiting have passed since my son was abducted in Ghouta,\u201d said Salim Shahoud who came from Lattakia in the hope of seeing his son in few hours, adding that \u201cour sons will sacrifice their souls if need be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soldier Ali Subuh says he has been on a leave from work since 7 in the morning. He came to al-Fayhaa searching for any piece of information about his cousin Mahmoud, saying \u201cmy family in Tartous is waiting for good news about Mahmoud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At about 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, a bus with scores of abductees on board, mostly children and women, got out of Douma City through al-Wafedeen corridor before heading for al-Faihaa hall in Damascus City which arrived to a crowd of families.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to SANA, the mother of the abductee Sari Karata who came from Lattakia to join the families of the kidnapped persons, said that this is one of the most difficult moments in her entire life after her son was kidnapped in Douma four years ago, adding that \u201cWe are all confident in the Syrian Arab Army and we were happy by the agreement to liberate all the abductees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From Deir Ezzor province, Lamia al-Dakhil and her mother are waiting to see her sister and her three children who were kidnapped in Palmyra four years ago when her husband was on a military mission in Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>Struggling to come up with words that describe his emotions, child Bashar Wafiq Mahmoud said as he has been waiting with his mother for the liberation of his father.\u201cI hope to see my father today and I that all abductees will be freed and return to their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-133718 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-3-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-3-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-3-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-4-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-4-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-4-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-5-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-5-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-2-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/abductees-Douma-families-2-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Manar al-Frieh\/Manal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA- &#8220;I hope I will see my son Yamen among the liberated,&#8221; said Adib Sulaiman, father of abducted soldier Yamen who was kidnapped five years ago. Yamen\u2019s father, who arrived from Tartous early in the morning, is living emotionally-charged moments along with other abductees\u2019 families who are waiting nervously at al-Fayhaa Sports City, hoping &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6987,115,453],"tags":[1155,1047,17250,7670,7669,14297,16307],"class_list":["post-133718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-latest-news","category-local","category-reports","tag-abductees","tag-douma","tag-families-of-abductees","tag-ghouta","tag-jaish-al-islam","tag-liberated","tag-liberating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=133718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/133728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=133718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=133718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=133718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}