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...
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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...
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...
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, November 13, 2012
Syria Update, November 13, 2012. (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Death toll: More than 127 killed today including 47 unarmed civilians. Syria’s Local Coordination Committees withdrew their support from the Syrian National Council and instead shifted it to the new National Coalition for the Syrian Revolution http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2012/Nov-13/194829-syrias-lcc-stay-true-to-guiding-principles.ashx#axzz2C8Bnw2OE Aleppo province:...
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, October 2, 2012
Syria Update, October 2, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur Early death toll: More than 127 including 86 unarmed civilians. The death toll for the Syrian conflict since its inception stands at 31, 022 – mostly civilians. The video reported yesterday showing Austin Tice, the abducted American journalist in...
Syria Update, September 29, 2012
Syria Update, September 29, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Death toll: More than 94 Friday’s revised death toll: More than 160 including 104 unarmed civilians. A report from Medicins sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) from Syria: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=6324&cat=voice-from-the-field Aleppo province: A major fire engulfed the medieval markets, a tourist...
Syria Update, September 16, 2012
Syria Update, September 16, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Current deathtoll: 93 The Syrian military and militias loyal to Bashar al-Assad are using rape as a method of torture and abuse against women, men and children. Rape takes place during raids on homes and other buildings, at checkpoints,...
Syria Update September 13, 2012
Syria Update September 13, 2012. (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Current death toll: 130 including 83 unarmed civilians. Syria’s children are suffering from the conflict, and like children in conflict elsewhere in the world, their play reenacts the violence. Children do not have sufficient medicine to be treated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08-PBLcZ8zo&feature=plcp...
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