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Aylan Kurdi's Father arrives back in Syria to bury his boys

Abdullah Kurdi, the Father who lost his two sons and his wife in the seas between Turkey and Gree...
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11.09 4 Sep 2015


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Aylan Kurdi's Father arrives back in Syria to bury his boys

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11.09 4 Sep 2015


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Abdullah Kurdi, the Father who lost his two sons and his wife in the seas between Turkey and Greece this week has returned home to bury his family members.

Crowds from Kobane gathered to meet Abdullah on his return.

He wept openly as he arrived. 

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Abdullah lost his sons Aylan (3) and Ghalib (5), as well as his wife Rehan this week when they drowned after two inflatable dinghys transporting dozens of asylum seekers sank during a three mile crossing from Turkey's Bodrum peninsula to the eastern Greek island of Kos.

The family's story is being followed by millions of people after a photograph of Aylan lying dead in the surf went viral. 

ARTA FM, an independent Syrian community radio station in Kobane captured these sad images. 

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The boys' Father Abdullah Kurdi arrives home for funerals of his three family members. Photo: ARTA FM on Facebook

Locals gather in solidarity as Abdullah Kurdi arrives back in Kobane, Syria with the bodies of his family. Photo: ARTA FM on Facebook
Press are briefed in the ruins of Mugla town, near to Kobane, the scene of intense fighting.  Photo: ARTA FM on Facebook

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