The David Nott Foundation's mission was born in northwest Syria and we returned to the region last week for a very special homecoming. We ran a surgical mission at the UOSSM Aqrabat Hospital with Action for Humanity-Syria Relief (AfH) - a fellow British NGO - in response to the earthquake which has caused mass destruction in Syria and Turkey. In 2013 and 2014, my Co-Founder and husband, David Nott, travelled to Syria with AfH. Back then, David and our mission leader, Ammar Darwish, spent weeks at a time in underground hospitals in eastern Aleppo, operating all day and teaching Syrian surgeons when night fell. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on Facebook: / itvnews Follow ITV News on Twitter: / itvnews Follow ITV News on Instagram: / itvnews