After several hours of observation in the Raqqa migrants camp near Ayn Îsa, on our way back we saw some children in colorful clothes standing by the road, offering water to all who passed by. We stopped our vehicle to talk to them.

These were the children of Ayn Îsa, and the passersby were Raqqa migrants. The dust and sand of the Raqqa desert was still on them, their eyes were tired. What was interesting is that Ayn Îsa's children themselves have witnessed war and got away from ISIS terror. But now, they want to show solidarity with the migrants with glasses of water and make them forget their pain, if only for a short while.

The hearts of Ayn Îsa’s children are as pure as the water they offer. We learned later that nobody advised them to do this, they decided themselves and set up a temporary stop along the road. Merwe, Nûra and Eyde stand out among the children, and they said that they greet the Raqqa migrants and offer them food and water in their stop.

There are now over 100 thousand Raqqan migrants, and the Raqqa Civilian Assembly estimates tens of thousands more are on the roads now. The Raqqa Assembly and civilian institutions in Rojava and Northern Syria are calling on international humanitarian aid organizations for solidarity with the migrants to avoid a humanitarian tragedy in Raqqa.