>After all that — the beatings, the airstrikes, the war, the bombings — I want to live in a free Aleppo. I want to stay here, where I was born, all my life. It’s my right.
I really can't understand his reason to remain in Aleppo after 4 years of war. I could probably see his point at the beginning of the conflict, but once the war has been going on for such a long time, what is the point? He is playing Russian roulette every day; "It was an airstrike less than 100 meters behind ". Yes, the city is under siege, and currently it may be almost impossible to leave, but that doesn't seem to be his reason for staying.
Very similar to the people who had to be physically forced to evacuate during the recent floodings in the south of the US, because they felt that somehow they'd be okay.
Humans tend to be very irrational in times of duress, particularly when sentimental things are at stake, like the house you raised your family in.
I really can't understand his reason to remain in Aleppo after 4 years of war. I could probably see his point at the beginning of the conflict, but once the war has been going on for such a long time, what is the point? He is playing Russian roulette every day; "It was an airstrike less than 100 meters behind ". Yes, the city is under siege, and currently it may be almost impossible to leave, but that doesn't seem to be his reason for staying.