Border Syria

Syrian refugees in Penrith are celebrating the prospect of seeing their homeland and loved ones, a decade after fleeing their country due to civil war.

The 48-year-old says the 7.8 magnitude earthquake earlier this year did more damage in 80 seconds than cities flattened by months of military bombing.

Shireen, 21, moved to Carlisle with her mother but was forced to leave the rest of her family behind in Syria.