Syrian refugees in US fear for those left behind REFILE TO CORRECT VIDEOSitting on a donated couch in her modest Chicago apartment, Safa Mshymish knows she is among the lucky ones: a Syrian refugee welcomed into the United States before the tide of public opinion turned. It hurts, she says, to hear politicians are trying to stop families just like hers from finding a safe haven, branding all Syrians a security threat in the wake of the Paris attacks. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.