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Being a doctor and a mother of two children during the conflict is a daily challenge. I live between the anxiety for my children and the fear of being away from them, while at the same time feeling a deep sense of responsibility toward my patients.

Sometimes I come home physically exhausted, but my mind remains torn between my family and my work.

The first example I personally witnessed — and in which I was among those directly targeted during an attack on a healthcare facility — took place at Adnan Kiwan Hospital.

There were wounded people from peaceful demonstrations.

My brother and I went out to treat them. We had just reached the hospital entrance when we were directly targeted by an airstrike.

I am Dr Badi’ Sabha, a pediatrician. I studied medicine at the University of Aleppo.

I got married in 2011, at the start of the revolution, in the ninth month. At the time, the burden of family wasn’t heavy since I didn’t have children yet, so the matter of displacement wasn’t a major obstacle in terms of security……