I was hunted by the Assad regime. Now I can return.

Human rights campaigner and journalist Ghias Al-Jundi fled Syria nearly three decades ago after being hunted by Bashar Al-Assad's father, Hafez. He tells us what it feels like to watch their fall

By Ghias Aljundi

I have been in exile for twenty-seven years. Twenty-seven years ago was the last time I was in Syria. I last saw Syria twenty-seven years ago. And, apart from a brother and his family in Germany, the rest of my family and life is still in Syria. Because we have historically been anti-regime, we have been targeted by the Assad regime.

I’m …