More on the unprecedented and disastrous cuts to the World Food Program. Please help by donating $31 to our food drive. For $31 we can provide a package of food basics for a family that will last a month. GENEVA — Facing what it described as a severe cash shortfall, the United Nations food aid...
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Recap of meeting with US Ambassador in Amman
Monday we had a meeting with the American ambassador in Amman. This was set up before arrival and we took the whole group with us which included people already in Jordan and working plus the US doctors that went over for the week-long medical mission. The meeting lasted about 1 1/2 hours and it was good. We asked for...
Refugees fleeing Syria has hit a million
Yesterday the news read “ The number of Refugees fleeing Syria has hit a million” That is about 5 percent of the population of Syria- the population is registered at 22 million people, but there might be more as that was a figure from early 2012. About half the people that are fleeing Syria are...
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...
SYRIA: Ten things to watch out for
DUBAI, 11 September 2012 (IRIN) – As the world focuses on daily fighting in Syria and the flight of refugees to neighbouring countries, the humanitarian situation inside Syria continues to be under-reported. Here are 10 pressing issues you may have missed: School year at risk About one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living in...
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 6, 2012
Syria Update, October 6, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Early death toll: 70 Friday’s revised death toll: More than 140 including 73 unarmed civilians For the fourth day, Turkey and Syria exchanged hostilities. The U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said this may lead to a broader war....
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 30, 2012
Syria Update, September 30, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Today’s death toll: More than 120 Syrians were killed today, among them 43 unarmed civilians. Saturday’s revised death toll: More than 160, among them 89 civilians. The al-Nusra Front claimed to have captured five Yemeni army officers sent by...
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