I was in tears reading this last night - Aleppo is about as close to hell as this world comes. When I think of all the beings caught up in the crushing horrors of the human world, the ones I grieve for most are the animals. I feel especially hurt by the plight of the trusting, domesticated animals that have been bred to depend on us for protection and sustenance. I have to close news articles or FB links about animal abuse without reading them, or I become too overwhelmed by grief to function.
You are a brave, compassionate person to do this, and I hope your vision of the Magical Thyme Farm is true. While I don't pray in any traditional sense, I will say that I've mentioned your intention to the Universe. 
PS: In 1957, when I was very young, I spent a year in Holland where I was introduced to a local delicacy called paardenrookvlees. I fell in love with the flavour, and found it years later in some Dutch delicatessens in Canada. It takes a lot of compassion to forgive one's younger and less aware self for eating that. I mention this mostly as an act of contrition, and in acknowledgement of all the creatures that have died so that we might live.
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