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Alyom means "the day". It is April 4, 2017. Syria's dictator Assad drops poison gas over Chan Sheikhun. It is a war against his own nation, more than 80 people are cruelly killed, including many children. The message is spread around the globe within minutes – and just as fast it is forgotten again. The twelve-year-old Yusuff loses 29 relatives. His fate is the reason for this podcast. We talked to Yusuff, to the survivors of his family, to people who know the backgrounds. We must not avert ...
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"Why is nothing happening, although you've proved that Assad attacked us with toxic gas?", Yussuf asks us via voicemail. We're also left wondering: Why is nobody doing anything? Why is the West just watching – and then turning away again? In Episode 3, in search of answers to these questions, we visit, among other places, the Spiez Laboratory in Sw…
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Yussuf often plays football after school. There used to be more kids on the field, but since April 4th, several are missing. They're dead. But even more children might have died if it hadn't been for those who risked their lives for others on April 4th. Abboud is one of them. He lives near Yussuf. He's woken up by the explosion, which occurs in the…
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Eight months have passed since the toxic gas attack. For Yusuff, life goes on. But nothing is as it was. Yusuff's family home has been destroyed. His family too. Every Thursday, he goes to the cemetery: the sixth-grader visits his father and 28 other relatives. After six years of war, Yusuff has grown accustomed to many things: For example, that he…
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April 4th 2017 destroyed the family of 12-year-old Yusuff: Assad orders a poison gas attack on his own people in the small Syrian town of Khan Shaykhun; more than 80 people die. After an initial outpouring of shock from the rest of the world - a few days later life continues as though nothing has happened. Something few are aware of: On this day, Y…
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