This is the English version of the joint investigative report published by The New Arab, in collaboration with SIRAJ and the Spanish newspaper El País. The investigation documents the journey of Syrian scrap metal from Syria and neighboring countries to steel factories in Turkey.
Marah al-Khalaf, a Syrian child barely over the age of 10, stands alongside her father Asa’ad, 35, in front of the main gate of the Bab Al Hawa Border Crossing for the second consecutive week.