Heartbreaking images from Syria

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Heartbreaking images from Syria

 

 

DAMASCUS: -- Striking footage has emerged of children being pulled from the rubble of a building flattened by air strikes in Syria.

 

The amateur footage shows three small children sitting in the back of an ambulance, all covered in dust.

 

One little boy sits dazed and silent in the back of the vehicle, trying to wipe the blood from his badly-injured face.

 

Where was the footage shot?

 

Activists say it was filmed in the rebel-held al-Qaterji neighbourhood of the divided Syrian city.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor, says the area had been targeted by warplanes, killing three people and injuring several others.

 

Why is there fighting in Aleppo?
 

The city is split between the government-held western and rebel-held eastern neighbourhoods.

 

Fighting for control of the city has intensified in recent weeks, leading to hundreds of deaths and depriving many civilians of power, water and vital supplies.

 

The city is one of the strongholds of the rebellion to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

 

His army is backed on the ground by Shi’ite Muslim militias from neighbouring countries and from the skies by Russian air strikes.

 

What is the UN saying?

 

The UN’s special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, says no aid convoys have reached besieged areas of Syria during the month of August.

De Mistura says he has suspended a humanitarian task force meeting until next week as a signal to major powers.

 

A 48-hour pause in fighting in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo will be the main topic for Thursday’s meeting of a group of countries working for a cessation of hostilities.

 

“I insist, on behalf of the UN Secretary General, to have a 48-hour pause in Aleppo. This would require some heavy lifting not only by Russia and the US, the two co-chairs, but also those who have influence on the ground,” De Mistura told reporters.

 

The UN said last week that two million people lack access to clean water in Aleppo, creating a risk of disease.

 

Engineers need access to repair electricity networks that drive water pumping stations.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-08-19

[MJP]

Get the nippers and their Mum's out of that hell. World's a load of shit these days.

[craigt3365]

1 hour ago, MJP said:

Get the nippers and their Mum's out of that hell. World's a load of shit these days.

Or, quit indiscriminate barrel bombing of these areas.  Oust Assad is the best answer.

[SgtRock]

3 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Or, quit indiscriminate barrel bombing of these areas.  Oust Assad is the best answer.

 

Sadly for Syria, ousting Assad will solve one problem.

 

It will open up a whole load of others.

 

Do you really think that the rebel factions are going to live side by side, happily ever after once Assad is gone ?

 

When you are in a hell hole it does not really matter if you get whacked by a barrel bomb or the indiscriminate spraying of a HMG.

 

A dead innocent is a dead innocent.

[FritsSikkink]

"Oust Assad is the best answer. "

This is the cause of the problems

[craigt3365]

14 minutes ago, SgtRock said:

 

Sadly for Syria, ousting Assad will solve one problem.

It will open up a whole load of others.

Do you really think that the rebel factions are going to live side by side, happily ever after once Assad is gone ?

When you are in a hell hole it does not really matter if you get whacked by a barrel bomb or the indiscriminate spraying of a HMG.

A dead innocent is a dead innocent.

I think if we had not let outside powers in (Russia, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, etc) we would not be where we are today.  Even Iraq and Libya are not in such a mess.  And their brutal dictators were removed.  Assad's crackdown is what started this.  The hell hole was created by him.  Time to deal with this properly and get him out.  But yes, it's still going to be a mess.

[williamgeorgeallen]

3 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Or, quit indiscriminate barrel bombing of these areas.  Oust Assad is the best answer.

yes that will work, like getting rid of saddam. Iraq is a paradise now.

world needs to see more images like this to bring the human cost of these conflicts to light. thats one brave little boy. i was watching him on tv this morning wondering how my 5 year old son would handle the same situation.

[FritsSikkink]

Like in the other countries it is all about the oil and minerals, nothing to do with who is in charge

[craigt3365]

1 minute ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

yes that will work, like getting rid of saddam. Iraq is a paradise now.

world needs to see more images like this to bring the human cost of these conflicts to light. thats one brave little boy. i was watching him on tv this morning wondering how my 5 year old son would handle the same situation.

You can't compare Iraq to Syria.  Maybe to Libya would be better????  All are a mess for sure.

[craigt3365]

7 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Like in the other countries it is all about the oil and minerals, nothing to do with who is in charge

Iran is in it for regional control.  Russia for their sea port, money for weapons, and to stop the gas pipeline from Qatar to Europe.

[williamgeorgeallen]

2 minutes ago, craigt3365 said:

You can't compare Iraq to Syria.  Maybe to Libya would be better????  All are a mess for sure.

iraq, syria, lybya they all were considerably better off under a dictator than they are now. who knows maybe it will be good for thailand as well.

[happy Joe]

Accursed be War.

[craigt3365]

33 minutes ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

iraq, syria, lybya they all were considerably better off under a dictator than they are now. who knows maybe it will be good for thailand as well.

Better for whom?  The Arab Spring started for a reason.  Unhappy and poor citizens.  Happy and rich dictators.  It was a powder keg waiting to go off.

[williamgeorgeallen]

32 minutes ago, happy Joe said:

Accursed be War.

so true. is it really worth it all just to keep control of some oil fields or to profit from the sales of military equipment? we think we are so clever and advanced but we are still savages.

[Enoon]

9 hours ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

iraq, syria, lybya they all were considerably better off under a dictator than they are now. who knows maybe it will be good for thailand as well.

 

Ultimately it was the fact of them being dictatorships, and not developing democracies, and the way that they behaved as dictatorships in a changing world, that brought them to their present state.

 

I would not advocate such a path for Thailand but, unfortunately, it is the very path that has been chosen for Thailand.

 

It is unthinkable that Thailand would learn from the "mistakes of others" (as Bismark preferred) because Thailand is "not same" is it?

 

 

 

Edited August 19, 2016 by Enoon

[jaidam]

18 hours ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

so true. is it really worth it all just to keep control of some oil fields or to profit from the sales of military equipment? we think we are so clever and advanced but we are still savages.

Savages you say. Are you aware liveleak has footage of the lovely bleedingheart chappy that took these sad pics of the injured young lad standing in the back of a pickup waving around a childs head that he just lopped off?  He is a beheader of kids. Should be easy to find its one of todays top items. This is fast turning into a PR disaster, as so often can happen when media pushes a bald lie to further their political agenda. 

[simple1]

22 minutes ago, jaidam said:

Savages you say. Are you aware liveleak has footage of the lovely bleedingheart chappy that took these sad pics of the injured young lad standing in the back of a pickup waving around a childs head that he just lopped off?  He is a beheader of kids. Should be easy to find its one of todays top items. This is fast turning into a PR disaster, as so often can happen when media pushes a bald lie to further their political agenda. 

 

At the originating website of this claim there is no mention whatsoever that the photographer decapitated a young boy or held up his head. The same website claims ISIS decapitation videos are false and links to a number of far right conspiracy stories, including 9/11. BTW you do know ISIS has previously uploaded videos to Liveleak.

 

The continuous bullshit and propaganda of supporters of the far right, including recent anti Semitic posts you 'liked' is astounding.

 

[Opl]

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