25/10/12
#Syria, A Bread Crisis in Ezz Eddin, Homs
Killed seeking bread: Nightmare reality for #Syria’s hungry
24/10/12
(CNN) — (CNN) — Here are some of the latest developments Tuesday in the Syrian conflict:
Killed seeking bread: Nightmare reality for Syria’s hungry
The latest horrifying video from Syria shows yet another attack on a bakery where innocent people were just trying to buy bread.
Screaming men are seen hauling the body of a child into a taxi as other victims zip past. Mangled bodies lie alongside piles of blood-soaked bread in the grainy images posted on social media.
Col. Abdu Jabar Agadi of the rebel Free Syrian Army tells CNN Syrian troops shelled the location Tuesday in Aleppo, killing dozens, and rebels didn’t have the weapons to retaliate. “The bakery was intentionally targeted by the regime to terrorize the residents,” he said.
Syria, which continually blames violence on “terrorists,” didn’t immediately weigh in on the latest attack. On state-run media it said it had “eliminated one of the most dangerous armed terrorist groups” in Aleppo.
In the past, Syria has said its forces killed terrorists near a bakery, uncovered a terrorists’ warehouse near a bakery and found a bakery owner who was murdered by terrorists.
Human Rights Watch said in August that 10 bakeries had been bombed in Aleppo province alone. In one attack, at least 60 people died.
CNN reported on another bakery shattered last month near Aleppo, as well as one destroyed in Homs in January.
The World Food Programme says about 1.2 million people are displaced inside Syria, and about 1.5 million people will be in urgent need of food assistance over the next few months. A recent assessment, which had the help of the Syrian government, found that up to 3 million people are expected to be in need of food over the coming year.
At least 202 people were found dead in Syria on Tuesday, including 34 in Aleppo, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria.
The LCC claimed 100 people were killed in Damascus and its suburbs. CNN is unable to independently verify these numbers because of Syrian government restrictions and the intensity of the fighting.
Vatican puts off Syria trip because of ‘gravity of the situation’
The Vatican announced a big change of plans Tuesday: It’s not sending a delegation to Syria for now.
The trip is being postponed because of the “gravity of the situation” there, Secretary of State for the Vatican Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said.
Last week, Bertone announced that a delegation would visit Syria this week.
“We cannot simply be spectators to this tragedy that is consuming Syria,” he said at the time. “The Holy Father has arranged it as such so that a delegation will go to Damascus in the coming days in order to express, on behalf of him and all of us: our fraternal solidarity to the entire population.”
U.N. report: Syrian refugee numbers spike
More than 274,000 Syrian refugees are living in three neighboring nations, the UNHCR, the United Nations relief agency, said Tuesday.
Nearly 102,000 of them are in Turkey, another 71,592 are in Lebanon and 58,622 more are in Jordan.
Earlier, the United Nations reported some 150,000 refugees from Syria’s civil war had settled in Lebanon and an additional 6,815 in North Africa.
10/12/10
PRICELESS A MUST SEE!
During the recent visit to Syria/Turkey our Syrian Assistance Team was fortunate enough to meet up with one of the youngest revolutionaries! The interview is beyond words. How can the world watch and not help to shape this young mans future for FREEDOM?
Please donate so we might be able to provide the much needed medical aid, food and clothes to these people as they fight for the thing we most take for granted…FREEDOM!!!
Qatar FM calls on UN to back #Syria rebels
12/10/12
A Syrian man, wounded by Syrian Army shelling, cries while the bodies of his relatives lie on the street near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)
TOKYO: The United Nations should move quickly to assist rebel forces in Syria with arms and funding, and should support a no-fly zone to protect civilians caught in the middle of the country’s escalating civil war, Qatar’s foreign minister said in an interview Friday.
Khalid Bin Mohammad al-Attiyah said Qatar is providing rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces with food, medicine and clothes. But he denied reports his country is funneling arms to the rebels, and said getting them the heavy arms they need to fight Assad’s well-equipped military would require unity from the international community that has not yet materialized.
“If we leave Syria further, we will aggravate the situation more and more,” he said. “Fanatics will emerge. … We should not leave it until a stage where, God forbid, somebody calls for jihad, and then we cannot stop people coming from all directions.”
Qatar and Saudi Arabia have led Arab calls for an international effort to arm and assist the rebels. Both are key regional players and are believed to have channels through which they could funnel weapons to the rebels. But al-Attiyah said Qatar is not doing so, directly or indirectly.
“This we cannot do unless we have the blessing of the United Nations or our allies - the U.S.A. or European allies,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press during a visit to Tokyo on Friday.
Unified support from the international community has been elusive because fears that more arms thrown into the mix could push Assad to launch even more desperate attacks against his people, or that the weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists. Further, U.N. Security Council members Russia and China oppose intervention, while the United States has been cautious to take risks ahead of next month’s presidential election.
Al-Attiyah said that while the rebel forces remain fractious - his country is set to host a meeting of the Syrian National Council opposition leaders next week - there is enough intelligence to determine which groups should be bolstered.
“I think if the international community, led by the United States, decided that they will supply means of self-defense to the Syrian people, I think with their advanced intelligence, they know who is who by now,” he said.
To further protect Syrian civilians, al-Attiyah said, Qatar supports the creation of a buffer or no-fly zone, another idea that has stalled because of fears that the foreign countries called on to enforce it could be drawn into a broader war that would add to regional instability.
In the meantime, he said, arms are already flowing into Syria to prop up Assad.
On Thursday, Turkey said a Syrian passenger jet it forced to land en route from Moscow to Damascus was carrying Russian ammunition and military equipment destined for the Syrian Defense Ministry.
Russia and Syria deny anything illegal was aboard the Airbus A320 intercepted over Turkish airspace late Wednesday.
“The whole world sees who is supplying Syria with weapons,” al-Attiyah said.
10/10/12
We met in Istanbul airport, each coming from a different country. Together, we continued our journey to Hatay. Our work agenda was full for the 6 day visit, and we tried to be as organized as the situation would allow. We had 2 aims: to meet people and aid organizations working on the ground to help the Syrian people (both Syrian and Turkish); and to get aid, if possible, inside Syria.
08/10/12
Syrian Assistance - Through the Eyes
of a Child
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08/10/12
We met in Istanbul airport, each coming from a different country. Together, we continued our journey to Hatay. Our work agenda was full for the 6 day visit, and we tried to be as organized as the situation would allow. We had 2 aims: to meet people and aid organizations working on the ground to help the Syrian people (both Syrian and Turkish); and to get aid, if possible, inside Syria.
We met in Istanbul airport, each coming from a different country. Together, we continued our journey to Hatay. Our work agenda was full for the 6 day visit, and we tried to be as organized as the situation would allow. We had 2 aims: to meet people and aid organizations working on the ground to help the Syrian people (both Syrian and Turkish); and to get aid, if possible, inside Syria.
07/10/12
Mustapha - Syrian Child Injured By
Airforce Bombing!
Syrian Assistance team carried out a visit to hospitals in Hatay, Turkey.
This is an interview with Mustapha. A Syrian boy injured and traumatized as a result of Syrian government airforce firing a missile at his family home.
The Syrian Assistance Team is releasing these videos in a series! Watch our blog and please consider donating to support our aid work. Visit http://www.syrianassistance.com/
Syrian Assistance visits Syria and Turkey!
05/10/12
To read about our recent trip inside please click on the link below!
http://www.syrianassistance.com/2/post/2012/10/syrian-assistance-visits-and-delivers-aid-to-atma.html
#Syria, we met in Istanbul airport, each coming from a different country. Together, we continued our journey to Hatay. Our work agenda was full for the 6 day visit, and we tried to be as organized as the situation would allow. We had 2 aims: to meet people and aid organizations working on the ground to help the Syrian people (both Syrian and Turkish); and to get aid, if possible, inside Syria.
05/10/12
Today, the Syrian Assistance team presents Basmala, a Syrian refugee child! This video follows our interview posted yesterday, with Maram, another Syrian refugee child…stay tuned for more interviews from our recent trip to deliver much needed aid!
Syrian Assistance team carried out a visit to hospitals in Hatay, Turkey.
This is an interview with Basmala, an 8 year old Syrian girl injured as a result of government shelling, as she was asleep at home with her 10 year old sister Houda. Houda was killed as a result.
Please consider donating to support our aid work. Visit http://www.syrianassistance.com/
We met in Istanbul airport, each coming from a different country. Together, we continued our journey to Hatay. Our work agenda was full for the 6 day visit, and we tried to be as organized as the situation would allow. We had 2 aims: to meet people and aid organizations working on the ground to help the Syrian people (both Syrian and Turkish); and to get aid, if possible, inside Syria.
We met in Istanbul airport, each coming from a different country. Together, we continued our journey to Hatay. Our work agenda was full for the 6 day visit, and we tried to be as organized as the situation would allow. We had 2 aims: to meet people and aid organizations working on the ground to help the Syrian people (both Syrian and Turkish); and to get aid, if possible, inside Syria.
04/10/12
#Syrian Assistance team representatives interview a hospitalized/displaced refugee child!
Maram - 4 Year Old Syrian Girl Paralyzed
This is one in a series of interviews done by the Syrian Assistance Team while visiting the Turkish border to assist the syrian refugees by providing aid in the form of food and medical supplies!
