Tracing wounded body, one Syrian charts course of war

Body of conflict: Ibrahim resting on a mattress at the Deir Hassan camp for the displaced in Idlib’s northern countryside near the Turkish border. The 33-year-old father of four first lost three fingers, later his hearing in one ear. Then all at once, both legs and eyes. He was wounded every time he tried to escape Syria’s war. – AFP

FIRST he lost three fingers, later his hearing in one ear. Then all at once, both his legs and eyes. Ibrahim al-Ali was wounded every time he tried to escape Syria’s war.

In a camp for the displaced near the Turkish border, the 33-year-old father of four shows the scars he has sustained in a conflict now entering its tenth year.