Syrian man finds his secret library untouched 15 years after he concealed it behind a wall and fled Assad and civil war

Daily Mail - Sep 18, 2026

A man who fled the Syrian civil war over 15 years ago returned to find the secret library he had hidden behind a false wall intact.

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