Female Taxi Driver Asserts ‘Aleppo Was Like Paris before War’

Two days ago, the only female taxi driver in Aleppo city told RT’s reporter that the city was like Paris before the crisis, hoping that Syria will be rebuilt to its former glory.

Emenour, 52, who is a mother and grandmother, said: ” “Five years ago before the war, Aleppo was like Paris, even more beautiful. Now look at this destruction. It was so majestic and now it’s all ruined. But we will rebuild it all. And most importantly, soldiers will go back to their families and their mothers.”

She has lost her eldest son and husband in the war on Syria and her house has been destroyed in shelling. Now, she is living with several cats in an apartment given to her by the Syrian government.

 “My son was killed over a year ago in a fight near Damascus. His body was a hundred meters away from the army post and watched by “rebel” snipers. I waited for 20 days but couldn’t get him,” the mother told RT’s reporter Murad Gazdiev during a tour by her car across the city and told her story about constant shelling and death.

“We are still alive. There are snipers. There is shelling,” she said, indicating that she has two daughters and a son who live far away from Aleppo.

“Of course, it’s been hard and my heart is on fire, but I hope that my country will become the way it was and even better. The day this war ends, I will try to bring all the family back together,” Emenour  concluded.

Several months ago, Aleppo city has witnessed the fiercest clashes – since the start of war on Syria- between Syrian army and its allies on the one hand and foreign-backed terrorist organizations on the other.

Here is the link of the female driver’s interview with RT:

https://www.rt.com/news/364289-syrian-female-driver-aleppo/

Basma Qaddour