The United Nations has been accused of altering a key humanitarian aid plan for Syria after consulting with the Assad regime directly, most notably eliminating areas like Madaya altogether, which currently counts thousands of starving civilians. Those closest to the UN’s counsel regarding the plan and prominent NGO’s in the …
January, 2016
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16 January
Migrants take to the streets in Cologne: “We are refugees from Syria. “We’re against racism, sexism and war.”
Migrants in Germany have arranged their own protests against the New Years Eve attacks against women at the Cologne cathedral. Reports of attacks on that night have now grown to over 500, leading primarily men to take to the street with signs declaring that not all migrants are responsible. The …
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13 January
Trapped Between A Brutal Dictator And Radical Terrorism: Life, Death, and Daily Suffering In A Syrian Village
As GOP candidates continue to play on the American electorate’s fear of ISIS, innocent Syrians in villages like Madaya continue to remain trapped. Via Washington Post: By the time the convoy carrying food arrived, Sereen didn’t know how much more she and others in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya …