The link below is to a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry regarding the kidnapping of the Syriac Archbishop of Aleppo and the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo. We are asking congress to urge the State Department to make it a priority to help secure their release and to help urge tolerance and religious...
Tag: Aleppo
Chemical Weapons in Syria
One of the other groups that SCM works with is the Syrian Medical Association – here is a recent letter from them talking about the use of chemical weapons that are being used. Please read and help if you can my making a donation for the equipment that is needed to help the doctors take...
Finally, Contact with Family in Aleppo
Yesterday I finally got a hold of one of my cousins in Aleppo. I was trying numbers in Damascus and also Aleppo for days. Finally, they had some electricity so I was able to get through. I was told that they have not had electricity for the last two weeks and for water they only get...
Destruction of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Click on the image above to go to the full slideshow on the BBC website. Click this image (below) to see the UNESCO website with a description of Aleppo’s old city and its monuments. The threat to these sites prior to the uprising was overpopulation.
Fundraiser in Anaheim May 19th, 2013
Medical fund raising event for the people of Syria inside and outside of Syria May 19, 2013 4pm – 7pm at the Aleppo Restaurant 513 Brookurst St, Anaheim, CA, 92804 $45 per person Salaam Cultural Museum is fundraising for a center for the women and children internally displaced in Syria. Please join us on...
Grave Robbers and War Steal Syria’s History
A recent article in the NY Times about the devastation of Syria’s historical treasures. TELL MARDIKH, Syria — Ali Shibleh crawled through a two-foot-high tunnel until reaching a slightly larger subterranean space. He swung his flashlight’s beam into the dark. A fighter opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, Mr. Shibleh was roaming beneath Ebla, an...
Follow-up Interview on KINGTV
This morning Rita was interviewed again by KINGTV as a follow-up to the interview they did with her before her trip to Jordan with the medical mission. Rita will be heading back to Jordan with another group of doctors, and a fundraiser is being held on March 16 to raise money for this trip. The...
Armenians in Syria
The following video was shared with Rita about the situation of Armenians in Syria. Thank you for sharing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please find below the link to my presentation in English at a public event in Birmingham, Michigan to raise funds for Armenians in the midst of the Syrian Civil War. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjTwocLv1LE&feature=player_embedded The clip is 37 minutes long. I...
Situation outside the camps
This just came in from a friend of mine from Aleppo who is now in Amman, Jordan helping her people, the Syrian refugees. Please see below and help us if you can- remember I am leaving on the 24th Jan with medicines, clothing and dollars to give if you can add more to this by...
Thank you Emarat Shipping!
We want to thank Emarat Shipping in Anaheim, CA for donating all the shipping fees and also a trucking company in Seattle for donating the truck to pick up and drop off the container for us. The clothes, blankets, and other items have been sent and will arrive at the Turkish port on the 27th...