‘I fled to Malta after Assad’s army killed my village. Now I dream of home’

A Syrian refugee who was forced into military service under Bashar al-Assad’s regime dreams of returning home to Syria after more than a decade of building a life in Malta.Since arriving in Malta in 2013, Maher Ibrahim has built a family and a successful business, Ta’ Vera Paints and Building Materials, in Tarxien. “I have...