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DAMASCUS, May 29-- For Hussain Mossa, whose childhood was peaceful and worth remembering, his son Ibrahim is not so lucky as him. Hussain was born in 1986 in the city of Manbij in the countryside of Aleppo. When speaking about his childhood, his eyes shine with nostalgia and relief. However, the once peaceful city has turned into home for various rebel groups. Its control has been shifted from the hands of the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army to the Islamic State (IS) and finally to the U.S.-allied Kurdish forces. Hussain's older son, Ibrahim, was born in 2011 when the Syrian crisis began. In Syria, those who were born during the war were regarded as "Generation of War." They were unable to have a normal or healthy childhood like many of their parents did. After years of living under the control of various rebel groups, including the most dangerous IS, Hussain, his wife and six children managed to flee Manbij when the Kurdish forces captured the city from the IS in 2017. His family now live with his brother's family in an unfinished house in the Jaramana suburb of the capital Damascus. Twenty-three people live in the three rooms of this house, whose walls are left unpainted because there are barely any cement walls. The residents, however, hung curtains and sheets on the walls to cover its cold grey color. Despite the harsh reality, this house, which is obviously under construction, has been a safe haven and a point of departure where the family can get their lives back on track, after what they had seen and experienced in the war. | 
