Ali Shuaib, a sixty-year-old man and the father of the martyr Yahya Shuaib, works in the martyrs’ cemetery in Tabqa. He is taking care of the martyrs’ shrines in the cemetery, considering himself not only the father of the martyr Yahya, but also the father of all other martyrs.

“They are all my sons,” he said.  He is proud of his son, and all other martyrs who sacrificed their lives for their people to live in peace and stability.

“When I walk in the city and see how safe it is, I realize that the sacrifices of our martyrs were not in vain,” said father Ali, who was interviewed by the Press Centre of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).