Ammar Hammasho, 34, who fled Syria after his home was destroyed by airstrike over a year ago, finally got to reunite with his long separated family on Sunday at a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia, Cyprus. / Photo via China News

Ammar kissed his three sons through a 3-meter-high fence that marks a migrant reception center. He then kissed his wife's hand who was holding his youngest daughter. They arrived with 300 other Syrians after a day’s travel on a small boat from Mersin, Turkey. / Photo via China News

“The policeman told me to wait half an hour to finish the count. I couldn’t wait, I saw the kids through the fence and I did this,” he said. “The kids ran over. I just wanted to see them, for my heart to go back into its place.” / Photo via China News

Ammar is from war-torn Idlib region. One of his children was killed by the strike which torn down his family. He now works as a construction worker in Cyprus and managed to earn a living. “As soon as it stops I’m leaving,” said the man when describing his heartbreak from losing all he had and his die-young son. “It’s my country and I will go home.” / Photo via China News