sentence2: His two teenage sons had been detained and flogged in Raqqa, and when they were eventually released he decided to leave Syria—a decision, he says, that he found devastating.
sentence1: ففي الرّقّة تمّ حجز ابنيه المراهقين وجلدهما وحين أُخلي سبيلهما أخيرًا قرّر أحمد مغادرة سوريا مشدّدًا كم كان هذا القرار مدمّرًا. وأضاف: