A copy of the Syrian war .. Ramadan Iftar between the ruins of the destroyed house

Among the rubble of their house surrounded by the ruins of buildings dominated by gray cement in Jericho, northwestern Syria, Tariq Abu Ziyad and his family chose to have breakfast for one day in the month of Ramadan in a place where they stayed for many years and contained all their beautiful memories.

The family spread a colorful carpet that was placed on the roof of a house whose walls were destroyed, in the middle of a neighborhood that did not escape any of its buildings from total or partial destruction or the walls were cracked in one of the most prominent cities in Idlib governorate.

The carpet, which was overshadowed by the red color, added a color of life to the empty neighborhood, which became piles of separate stones, according to video clips taken by the French Press Agency correspondent via a plane camera at the time of breakfast.

Tariq, 29, sat with his mother, sister, wife, and four children on the floor around ready-made dishes of chicken and roasted kebabs, which they brought with them, while they were drinking juice in plastic cups.

"We liked to have a day of Ramadan here as we used to do every year," said Tariq, who works in an oven. "We went back and found the neighborhood completely destroyed," he said.

The scenery of destruction and empty towns became normal during the nine years of war that have ravaged Syria since 2011, especially in Idlib governorate, which has been the target of several attacks in recent years.

Samah, 50, who was Tariq's mother, was not afraid of being affected by the destruction around her. She said, "This is our first Ramadan after displacement. We came to gather around the Iftar table in this house to retrieve old memories ... after the displacement, the bombing, the suffering that we went through and the martyrs we lost." .

Attack, displacement,
and family displacement as a result of a large-scale offensive launched by Russian forces with Russian support in areas in and around Idlib since December, which caused the displacement of about one million people within three months, according to the United Nations.

A ceasefire has been in effect since March 6, in the area under the control of the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) and other less powerful factions.

Tens of thousands of displaced people have started returning to their towns, but many homes are unusable due to the damage done to them.

"On this day in the holy month of Ramadan, I could not enter the kitchen, because there is no kitchen at all to bring food and break the fast with the family," said Samah Ghosah.

Then she added, "But this is our neighborhood and our people 's neighborhood. Here we lived ... We cannot live elsewhere. We cannot leave our homes. I have not tolerated displacement."