Syria: From bad to worse By Aitor Zabalgogeazkoa, Head of Mission of the MSF team in Aleppo in 2014 10-01-2015: In 2013 the outlook in Syria was bleak. But the reality is that everything can get worse. In 2014, as the conflict entered its fourth year, the situation has deteriorated even further. There have been 200,000 fatalities, 1 million wounded, 3 million who have sought refuge across the borders, and over 7 million displaced: evidence of the brutality of the worst conflict in recent years. More than half of the countrys population needs some form of humanitarian aid, including 5 million children. ...Bombing by the international coalition is claiming civilian lives, while a desperate population looks on as nobody does anything to at least stop the indiscriminate barrel bombing. It is shameful that in the three years of the conflict, Europe has given shelter to fewer refugees than Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey in a single day. It is shameful to see the politicians who believe that Syrians will stop trying to cross the Mediterranean since maritime rescue services encourage the adventure of getting on a precarious boat with hundreds of desperate others. It is shameful to see how the international community reacts only when its own interests are affected, such as the agreement to end chemical warfare [which Assad has not observed in Syria] and the reaction to the threat of oil concessions in northern Iraq. Apparently Syrian civilians are not even worthy of a tiny gesture, other than passing on the responsibility to humanitarian aid organizations. Originally published on January 7th, 2015
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:55:37 +0000
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