This was written by one of the doctors that was on our mission- Khaled Issa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dan Brown-Inferno Bed no. 1: 18 months old girl with left lower leg amputated, scared Bed no. 2: young man with...
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Syria Update, December 12, 2012
Syria Update December 11, 2012. (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 62 Yesterday’s Death toll: 262 killed (al-Arabiyya) 163 killed (LCC) Scud missiles were fired from Damascus province into the north of the country according to two unnamed US officials: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/official-syria-fires-scud-missiles-at-insurgents-in-the-north/2012/12/12/8774e50c-448a-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html Syrians are dying from lack of...
The Human Cost of Syria’s War
Inside Syria The human cost of Syria’s war As Ban Ki-moon predicts a rise in refugee numbers, we ask if enough is being done to help those fleeing the country.Inside Syria Last Modified: 02 Dec 2012 12:16 Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, is predicting a surge in the number of Syrian refugees as the violence...
News from family in Syria
I called and talked to family about a week ago. At that time we were getting emails, but they have now stopped. The last one I received said that he had gone out to try and find bread , but there was nothing to be had. He had to run to a neighbors house to...
Syria Update, October 14, 2012
Syria Update, October 14, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 140 Syrians killed today. Saturday’s revised death toll: More than 190 Syrians killed. Aleppo province: A sniper killed 1 civilian from the Sakhour neighborhood in the Bab Hadid neighborhood and a sniper killed 1 in the...
Syria Update, September 14, 2012
Syria Update, September 14, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Current death toll: 97 Yesterday’s revised death toll: 190 Children More than 2,000 of Syria’s schools have been destroyed or badly damaged and 801 are being used as shelters by homeless families. This presents quite a challenge at the...
Syria Update, September 6, 2012
Syria Update, September 6, 2012. (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Mid-afternoon death toll was 130 Yesterday’s death toll was 272. Aleppo province: The SAA shelled al-Kallaseh and al-Sakhour in Aleppo. Clashes continued in the al-Itha`a neighborhood and the regime also shelled Qadi Askar, Bustan al-Qasr and al-Sheikh Maqsood. The...
Syria Update, September 1, 2012
(Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur)by sherifazuhur Syria Update, September 1, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) The death toll was 162. The LCC reported 55 dead in Damascus and Damascene subrbs, 34 in Deir az-Zur, 16 in Homs, 20 in Dara`a, 18 in Aleppo,...
Please Help Syrian Refugees
Every day we hear more and more horror stories about what is happening in Syria. It is breaking my heart to know that all I can do, and others like me, is try to make the lives of the people who have fled their country a bit easier for them during this time of crisis....