
Abdul Kareem Almahdi, left, holds the mouth of his youngest son, Laith, 5, to show the dental assistant new teeth growth during an appointment on Thursday, March 30, 2017. Originally from Raqqah, Syria, the family spent four years living at a refugee camp in Jordan before being relocated to the United States. Located in the north eastern part of Syria and seized by militants in late 2013, the city the family once lived, is now the capitol of the Islamic State.