There’s a spirit of hope despite uncertainty about Syria’s future
There were celebrations in New Jersey on Sunday, as Syrian-born residents gathered in Wayne to mark the news that President Bashar al-Assad had fled Syria after rebels overthrew the government there.
Many, like Mohammad Hlal, who owns Reem Alsham restaurant in Paterson, fled Syria when Assad took power, following nearly 30 years of his father’s rule. In 2011, the country devolved into a brutal civil war that has claimed the lives of nearly a half million people…