Clearly, The Dow is being manipulated by @POTUS @realDonaldTrump’s enemies. (666): image via Hebrews For Trump @hebrewsfortrump, 5 February 2018
Syria Russia confirms pilot killed after plane downed over Syria #AFP Picture by @omar_hajkadour shows smoke billowing from the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in Syria's northwest province of Idlib.: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 3 February 2018
Russian pilot killed after Syria rebels down plane: monitor #AFP Picture by @omar_hajkadour shows smoke billowing from the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in the the Syrian city of Saraqib.: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 3 February 2018
A Syrian man mourns over his destroyed home following airstrikes, in the besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 5, 2018 Photo by: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 5 February 2018
#Syria Syria strikes kill 23 civilians in rebel area near Damascus #AFP Picture by @ameralmohibany taken today at a makeshift hospital in Zamalka, near Damascus.: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 5 February 2018
Yesterday evening 2 Massacres took place - first in #DirEzzor killed and injured more than 40 civilians by the #Coalition forces. The other was #Russian attack using #Chemical loaded missiles against #Maarat_Al_Numan and #Saraqeb #massacre-in-Saraqeb Who else wants to kill Syrians?: image via Zouhir_AlShimale @ZouhirAlShimale, 5 February 2018
Yesterday evening 2 Massacres took place - first in #DirEzzor killed and injured more than 40 civilians by the #Coalition forces. The other was #Russian attack using #Chemical loaded missiles against #Maarat_Al_Numan and #Saraqeb #massacre-in-Saraqeb Who else wants to kill Syrians?: image via Zouhir_AlShimale @ZouhirAlShimale, 5 February 2018
The last “goodbye" Syrian fathers mourn the loss of their young children killed in heavy Russian bombings today in the village of Arbin, east of Ghouta. Photo @amer_almohibany / @AFP: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
The last “goodbye" Syrian fathers mourn the loss of their young children killed in heavy Russian bombings today in the village of Arbin, east of Ghouta. Photo @amer_almohibany / @AFP: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
The last “goodbye" Syrian fathers mourn the loss of their young children killed in heavy Russian bombings today in the village of Arbin, east of Ghouta. Photo @amer_almohibany / @AFP: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
[after an airstrike, Idlib province]: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
[after an airstrike, Idlib province]: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
Images show the wards inside the hospital completely destroyed. Patients were evacuated in time before the air strikes struck the hospital.: image via Areeb Ullah @are_eb, 5 February 2018
Horrific massacre again in #Kafranbil city 6 civilians were killed and more than 10 injured so far, after warplane airstrikes targeted the civilians homes in the city. #CivilDefense teams rushed to help the victims, and continue the rescue operation.: image via The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef, 4 February 2018
Horrific massacre again in #Kafranbil city 6 civilians were killed and more than 10 injured so far, after warplane airstrikes targeted the civilians homes in the city. #CivilDefense teams rushed to help the victims, and continue the rescue operation.: image via The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef, 4 February 2018
#Urgent ||This is how #Harasta city looks after it's been targeted with 18 ground-to-ground missiles provided with the internationally banned #Napalm, those missiles were launched by #Assad regime army near #EasternGhouta, many civilians got injured and huge fire in buildings.: image via Mahmood Adam @Mahmoudadam87, 28 January 2018
#Urgent ||This is how #Harasta city looks after it's been targeted with 18 ground-to-ground missiles provided with the internationally banned #Napalm, those missiles were launched by #Assad regime army near #EasternGhouta, many civilians got injured and huge fire in buildings.: image via Mahmood Adam @Mahmoudadam87, 28 January 2018
#Urgent ||This is how #Harasta city looks after it's been targeted with 18 ground-to-ground missiles provided with the internationally banned #Napalm, those missiles were launched by #Assad regime army near #EasternGhouta, many civilians got injured and huge fire in buildings.: image via Mahmood Adam @Mahmoudadam87, 28 January 2018
#Urgent ||This is how #Harasta city looks after it's been targeted with 18 ground-to-ground missiles provided with the internationally banned #Napalm, those missiles were launched by #Assad regime army near #EasternGhouta, many civilians got injured and huge fire in buildings.: image via Mahmood Adam @Mahmoudadam87, 28 January 2018
18 civilians "including a woman" injured after #Assad Regime fire-bombing in Harasta neighbourhoods using #Napalm, #EasternGhouta.: image via White Helmets Rif Dimashq @SyriaCivilDef, 28 January 2018
Syrie: un avion russe abattu par un groupe jihadiste, le pilote tué par @omar_hajkadour #AFP: image via Agence France-Presse @afpfr, 3 February 2018
Civil defence workers search a ruined building after an airstrike in Idlib city centre on Monday: photo by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, 5 February 2018
Monitoring groups said as many as 150 airstrikes were recorded in Idlib province by Monday, with dozens more pounding up to 18 towns across the region by nightfall.
Residential areas bore the brunt of the strikes, which severely damaged at least two major hospitals, and levelled dozens of buildings in which panicked locals had taken shelter. Medics claimed nine people were treated for symptoms of chlorine exposure after a bomb was dropped on the town of Saraqeb by a helicopter.
The raids followed the downing of a Russian fghter jet over the province on Saturday and came in the week of a steady increase in violence across Idlib – the last province in Syria to remain outside regime control, where up to 2 million locals and internally displaced people have taken refuge among armed opposition groups, including powerful jihadist forces.
The Russian defence ministry said the fighter pilot, Maj Roman Filipov, killed himself with his own grenade to avoid capture.
Refugees and locals say they fear that Idlib has been transformed into a kill box, with the international community paying scant regard to their fate, as regional powers vie for influence in a vital corner of the country.
Under a deal brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran, Idlib was supposed to be a “de-escalation zone” where fighting was slowed to pave the way for negotiations. But the differing aims of the powers involved in the war in and an insistence by backers of the regime that discussions should be eschewed in favour of all-out military victory has led to the collapse of the accord.
Militias supporting the regime surged into Idlib in December, their first foray into the opposition-controlled province in years, provoking an exodus of more than 200,000 civilians who have fled north to already crowded population centres and further afield to the border with Turkey.
The assault and bombardment have strained Idlib, already home to more than a million refugees from other parts of Syria, who fled there after negotiating surrender deals with the government.
Ahmad al-Dbis, the director of safety and security at the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations (UOSSM), which runs hospitals across opposition Syria, said: ”The situation is really bad, because the attacks are targeting all the areas, including Idlib city, Maarat al-Numan, Kafranbel, and a lot of large residential areas, which is leading to a huge number of wounded.
“It’s putting a lot of pressure on hospitals, and at the same time these hospitals are being targeted, so people are being deprived of healthcare. People don’t come to the hospitals because they know they are being targeted.
“There’s a huge displacement to Idlib city and Maarat al-Numan as well as villages and refugee camps. [There are] massacres that the rescue services are unable to cope with because even the ambulances are being hit.”
“They are destroying everything since their pilot went down. We have 300 civilian deaths, mainly women and children, 600,000 internally displaced refugees from the east of Saraqeb and Khan Sheikhun all trying to find a safe haven towards the Turkish border and west of Idlib. Idlib is suppose to be a safe zone; didn’t Russia guarantee it as one? The area is full with civilians.”
Local journalist Souhaib Mokahal said: “The locals were evacuated to nearby farms. Russia soon began shelling and dropping bombs in the west of Idlib. What happened yesterday was very weird: the bombings and rockets had no sounds, they would only emit sounds [long] after they’ve been dropped, which caused a lot of material damage.
“The bombings haven’t stopped. It was so difficult to find corpses and bodies; we are not able to remove anyone. They will try again at dawn.”
In Aleppo, Syrian children cross a street in front of a banner showing the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.: photo by Hassan Ammar/AP, 5 February 2018
Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the organisations that contributed to the report, said that many refugees wanted to return home, but that they must only do so when they are being given proper protection.
“Their return must be informed, voluntary, safe, assisted and protected. Now, return would neither be safe nor voluntary for the vast majority who fled the war and the violence,” he said. Even in certain "de-escalation areas", fighting has continued, he added.
The number of Syrians returning – mostly from internal displacement inside Syria – rose from 560,000 to 721,000 between 2016 and 2017. But for every returnee there were three more newly displaced because of the violence.
Around 2.4 million people in Syria – more than 8,000 every day – fled their homes in the first nine months of 2017, according to the report. The UN predicts a further 1.5 million Syrians will be displaced in 2018.
“Right now, many parts of Syria are unsafe for children. Bombs are still falling and basic services like schools and hospitals lie in ruins,” said Helle Thorning-Schmidt, CEO of Save the Children. “Children have told us of the deep psychological wounds they carry after enduring years of war. Many children are still having nightmares. Once there is peace, the homes and schools of Syria must be rebuilt before children return.”
Abd and his family, forced to flee from Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria. They walked for more than three days to reach Mabrouka camp for displaced people.: photo courtesy of NRC via The Guardian, 5 February 2018
Turkey turned away around 250,000 Syrians between January and October last year. The border remains closed to all but critical medical cases, while authorities are building a 911km wall along its border with Syria.
Deteriorating conditions are leading some refugees to attempt to return home, or take dangerous journeys to alternative countries, despite the dangers they will face.
At international conferences in London in 2016 and Brussels in 2017, countries pledged to improve access to jobs and education for refugees in host countries, but progress has been slow. The report – written by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Save the Children, Action Against Hunger, Care International, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) – criticises wealthier countries for failing to provide greater support to Syria’s neighbours.
Rich nations have resettled less than 3% of vulnerable Syrian refugees, it said. The US has recently blocked entry to those fleeing Syria, while there have been demands to return refugees in Germany and Denmark.
Research by the NRC found that half of Syrians who are internally displaced say their home has been either damaged beyond repair or destroyed. In the north-west, only one in five said their home was still intact.
Civil defence workers search a ruined building after an airstrike in Idlib city centre on Monday: photo by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, 5 February 2018
Russian and regime jets bomb civilian areas in north-west Syria: Raids on Idlib province follow the downing of a Russian fighter plane by Syrian rebels: Kareem Shaheen and Martin Chulov, The Guardian, 5 February 2018
Russian and Syrian jets bombed towns and villages across north-west Syria on Monday. devastating civilian areas and forcing fresh waves of refugees to flee to open ground in the biggest aerial blitz on opposition-held areas since the fall of Aleppo more than a year ago.Monitoring groups said as many as 150 airstrikes were recorded in Idlib province by Monday, with dozens more pounding up to 18 towns across the region by nightfall.
Residential areas bore the brunt of the strikes, which severely damaged at least two major hospitals, and levelled dozens of buildings in which panicked locals had taken shelter. Medics claimed nine people were treated for symptoms of chlorine exposure after a bomb was dropped on the town of Saraqeb by a helicopter.
The raids followed the downing of a Russian fghter jet over the province on Saturday and came in the week of a steady increase in violence across Idlib – the last province in Syria to remain outside regime control, where up to 2 million locals and internally displaced people have taken refuge among armed opposition groups, including powerful jihadist forces.
The Russian defence ministry said the fighter pilot, Maj Roman Filipov, killed himself with his own grenade to avoid capture.
Refugees and locals say they fear that Idlib has been transformed into a kill box, with the international community paying scant regard to their fate, as regional powers vie for influence in a vital corner of the country.
Under a deal brokered by Russia, Turkey and Iran, Idlib was supposed to be a “de-escalation zone” where fighting was slowed to pave the way for negotiations. But the differing aims of the powers involved in the war in and an insistence by backers of the regime that discussions should be eschewed in favour of all-out military victory has led to the collapse of the accord.
Militias supporting the regime surged into Idlib in December, their first foray into the opposition-controlled province in years, provoking an exodus of more than 200,000 civilians who have fled north to already crowded population centres and further afield to the border with Turkey.
The assault and bombardment have strained Idlib, already home to more than a million refugees from other parts of Syria, who fled there after negotiating surrender deals with the government.
Ahmad al-Dbis, the director of safety and security at the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations (UOSSM), which runs hospitals across opposition Syria, said: ”The situation is really bad, because the attacks are targeting all the areas, including Idlib city, Maarat al-Numan, Kafranbel, and a lot of large residential areas, which is leading to a huge number of wounded.
“It’s putting a lot of pressure on hospitals, and at the same time these hospitals are being targeted, so people are being deprived of healthcare. People don’t come to the hospitals because they know they are being targeted.
“There’s a huge displacement to Idlib city and Maarat al-Numan as well as villages and refugee camps. [There are] massacres that the rescue services are unable to cope with because even the ambulances are being hit.”
Hassan Mukhtar, an activist in Idlib province, said: “Maarat al-Numan
hospital was bombed by the Russians late at night, it was constant
bombardment. The Russians also destroyed the health centre near Saraqeb
and the hospital inside Saraqeb.
“They are destroying everything since their pilot went down. We have 300 civilian deaths, mainly women and children, 600,000 internally displaced refugees from the east of Saraqeb and Khan Sheikhun all trying to find a safe haven towards the Turkish border and west of Idlib. Idlib is suppose to be a safe zone; didn’t Russia guarantee it as one? The area is full with civilians.”
Local journalist Souhaib Mokahal said: “The locals were evacuated to nearby farms. Russia soon began shelling and dropping bombs in the west of Idlib. What happened yesterday was very weird: the bombings and rockets had no sounds, they would only emit sounds [long] after they’ve been dropped, which caused a lot of material damage.
“The bombings haven’t stopped. It was so difficult to find corpses and bodies; we are not able to remove anyone. They will try again at dawn.”
In Aleppo, Syrian children cross a street in front of a banner showing the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.: photo by Hassan Ammar/AP, 5 February 2018
'Bombs are still falling': Syrian refugees at risk of forced return home: Report warns hundreds of thousands of people may be pressured to go back to Syria despite daily threat of shelling in many places: Rebecca Ratcliffe, The Guardian, 5 February 2018
Hundreds of thousands of refugees risk being pushed to return to Syria, despite the country’s ongoing violence, according to a report by six major international charities.
Half
the country’s population have been forced from their homes since
the war began almost seven years ago, with 6 million fleeing the
country. But anti-refugee sentiment, along with misleading rhetoric
suggesting that Syria is now safe, has led many countries to harden
their stance towards those escaping the conflict, said the report.
As
the Syrian government has gained control over more territory, and
violence has calmed in some areas, host countries have discussed
returning refugees. But the report warns that conflict continues in
populated regions, with civilians facing the daily threat of bombing and
shelling.
Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the organisations that contributed to the report, said that many refugees wanted to return home, but that they must only do so when they are being given proper protection.
“Their return must be informed, voluntary, safe, assisted and protected. Now, return would neither be safe nor voluntary for the vast majority who fled the war and the violence,” he said. Even in certain "de-escalation areas", fighting has continued, he added.
The number of Syrians returning – mostly from internal displacement inside Syria – rose from 560,000 to 721,000 between 2016 and 2017. But for every returnee there were three more newly displaced because of the violence.
Around 2.4 million people in Syria – more than 8,000 every day – fled their homes in the first nine months of 2017, according to the report. The UN predicts a further 1.5 million Syrians will be displaced in 2018.
“Right now, many parts of Syria are unsafe for children. Bombs are still falling and basic services like schools and hospitals lie in ruins,” said Helle Thorning-Schmidt, CEO of Save the Children. “Children have told us of the deep psychological wounds they carry after enduring years of war. Many children are still having nightmares. Once there is peace, the homes and schools of Syria must be rebuilt before children return.”
Abd and his family, forced to flee from Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria. They walked for more than three days to reach Mabrouka camp for displaced people.: photo courtesy of NRC via The Guardian, 5 February 2018
The report praises the generosity of neighbouring countries, which
have hosted the vast majority of refugees, but says that in 2017 many
kept their borders closed or returned refugees, including on an
involuntary basis.
Turkey turned away around 250,000 Syrians between January and October last year. The border remains closed to all but critical medical cases, while authorities are building a 911km wall along its border with Syria.
In Jordan, authorities denied entry to as many as 50,000 refugees on the Syrian side of the border. A recent report by Human Rights Watch found that in the first five months of 2017, the country also deported
around 400 registered Syrian refugees each month. Last year, Lebanon
also returned around 10,000 Syrian refugees and militants following a
security operation. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, was not given adequate
access to those departing and has not determined whether refugees were
returning on a voluntary basis.
Deteriorating conditions are leading some refugees to attempt to return home, or take dangerous journeys to alternative countries, despite the dangers they will face.
At international conferences in London in 2016 and Brussels in 2017, countries pledged to improve access to jobs and education for refugees in host countries, but progress has been slow. The report – written by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Save the Children, Action Against Hunger, Care International, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) – criticises wealthier countries for failing to provide greater support to Syria’s neighbours.
Rich nations have resettled less than 3% of vulnerable Syrian refugees, it said. The US has recently blocked entry to those fleeing Syria, while there have been demands to return refugees in Germany and Denmark.
Research by the NRC found that half of Syrians who are internally displaced say their home has been either damaged beyond repair or destroyed. In the north-west, only one in five said their home was still intact.
A Syrian man mourns over his destroyed home following airstrikes, in the besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 5, 2018 Photo by: ABDULMONAM EASSA Via @AFPphoto: image via Abdulmonam Eassa @abdfree2, 5 February 2018
#Syria Syria strikes kill 23 civilians in rebel area near Damascus #AFP Picture by @ameralmohibany taken today at a makeshift hospital in Zamalka, near Damascus.: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 5 February 2018
Inside the Kill Box, with feeling
Killing and wounding of innocent women, men and children by airstrikes
with napalm, cluster, bunker-buster and chemical bombs is terrorism, not
a war against terrorism.: image via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 4 February 2018
#Syria:
At least 18 civilians killed, 65 wounded in multiple heavy Russian and
regime airstrikes across rebel-held parts of Idlib since 7PM.: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 4 February 2018
In
Idlib, you die or you die. No medical centre left undamaged, Russian
and regime bombs rain down, houses are being bombed, families getting
displaced, civilians are dying, people are bleeding, children are crying
and the world is still silent.: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 4 February 2018
Human
lives have become just numbers. 7 Syrians killed. 15 Syrians killed. 20
Syrians killed. 30 Syrians killed. 100 Syrians killed. These are not
just numbers. They’re humans, just like me and you. Children. Women.
Men. Elderly. They are a proof of how ignorant we have become..: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 3 February 2018
A
heartbroken Syrian father mourns loss of his son killed in today’s
heavy Russian and regime airstrikes on the rebel-held village of ‘Arbin,
e- Ghouta.: image via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 2 February 2018
Killing
and wounding of innocent women, men and children by airstrikes with
napalm, cluster, bunker-buster and chemical bombs is terrorism, not a
war against terrorism.: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 4 February 2018
Syria:
At least 18 civilians killed, 65 wounded in multiple heavy Russian and
regime airstrikes across rebel-held parts of Idlib since 7PM.: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 3 February 2018
Syria
is being destroyed by the ignorance and silence of the world. Everyone
is bombing them. There is still a lot happening. It’s far from over. 20
civilians were killed in heavy airstrikes on e- Ghouta today. But, ah,
who cares? They are Syrians, who’re are just numbers now...: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 2 February 2018
#Syria: At
least 20 civilians killed, 150 wounded in today’s multiple heavy
Russian and regime strikes on the rebel-held city of Dūmā, Mesraba,
Hamouriyah and ‘Arbin, e- Ghouta.: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 2 February 2018
We
are seeing daily pictures of bloody and dead children, crying parents,
desperate families and villages being bombed to rubble. The history will
write about our ‘powerful’ leaders; that they watched Syrians being
killed, but no one really tried to stop it. Nobody really cared...: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 2 February 2018
With
their last belongings, stuffed in a small car, these families tried to
flee the heavy Russian and regime strikes on s- Aleppo...: image via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 2 February 2018
#Syria: At least 7 civilians killed, tens wounded in multiple heavy Russian and regime airstrikes on s- Aleppo.: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 2 February 2018
Syria:
At least 18 civilians killed, 50 wounded in this morning's multiple heavy
Russian airstrikes on the rebel-held city of Saraqib and Ma’asaran,
Idlib.: tweet via Sakir Khader @sakirkhader, 29 January 2018
Who else wants to kill Syrians? See inside the Kill Box?
Yesterday evening 2 Massacres took place - first in #DirEzzor killed and injured more than 40 civilians by the #Coalition forces. The other was #Russian attack using #Chemical loaded missiles against #Maarat_Al_Numan and #Saraqeb #massacre-in-Saraqeb Who else wants to kill Syrians?: image via Zouhir_AlShimale @ZouhirAlShimale, 5 February 2018
More
details on suspected chlorine attack: 9pm local a helicopter marked
“1253” was seen headed towards Saraqeb. Reports it dropped 3 Chlorine
barrel bombs in residential neighbourhood. Soon after people started
smelling Chlorine and the alarm was raised. #Idlib: tweet via Quentin
Sommerville @sommervilletv, 5 February 2018
Yesterday evening 2 Massacres took place - first in #DirEzzor killed and injured more than 40 civilians by the #Coalition forces. The other was #Russian attack using #Chemical loaded missiles against #Maarat_Al_Numan and #Saraqeb #massacre-in-Saraqeb Who else wants to kill Syrians?: image via Zouhir_AlShimale @ZouhirAlShimale, 5 February 2018
The last “goodbye"
Syrian fathers mourn the loss of their young children killed in heavy
Russian bombings today in the village of Arbin, east of Ghouta. Photo
@amer_almohibany / @AFP: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5
February 2018
The last “goodbye" Syrian fathers mourn the loss of their young children killed in heavy Russian bombings today in the village of Arbin, east of Ghouta. Photo @amer_almohibany / @AFP: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
The last “goodbye" Syrian fathers mourn the loss of their young children killed in heavy Russian bombings today in the village of Arbin, east of Ghouta. Photo @amer_almohibany / @AFP: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
The last “goodbye" Syrian fathers mourn the loss of their young children killed in heavy Russian bombings today in the village of Arbin, east of Ghouta. Photo @amer_almohibany / @AFP: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
[after an airstrike, Idlib province]: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
[after an airstrike, Idlib province]: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5 February 2018
Russian warplanes now in the sky of #EasternGhouta target civil cities. #Russianterrorism: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5
February 2018
Dozens air strikes are targeting civilians in #EasternGhouta by Russian and Assad's warplanes.
You can't imagine, Dozens injured by those air strikes. #Syria: image via amer almohibany @amer_almohibany, 5
February 2018
SAMS
hospital in Ma'aret Alnuman was attacked by 3 airstrikes today till it
went out of duty. This is the 3rd hospital today in #Idleb province. The
hospitals in the north are overloaded and no capacity to receive more
injuries. Those attacks should be stopped now.: image via Mohamad Katoub @MhdKatoub, 4 February 2018
Images show the wards inside the hospital completely destroyed. Patients
were evacuated in time before the air strikes struck the hospital.:
image via Areeb Ullah @are_eb, 5 February 2018
Images show the wards inside the hospital completely destroyed. Patients
were evacuated in time before the air strikes struck the hospital.:
image via Areeb Ullah @are_eb, 5 February 2018
Images show the wards inside the hospital completely destroyed. Patients
were evacuated in time before the air strikes struck the hospital.:
image via Areeb Ullah @are_eb, 5 February 2018
Images show the wards inside the hospital completely destroyed. Patients were evacuated in time before the air strikes struck the hospital.: image via Areeb Ullah @are_eb, 5 February 2018
The @UN is concerned for the safety of civilians in #Idleb and #Hama
where death, injury and the destruction of civilian infrastructure,
including hospitals and schools, continue to be reported #Syria: image via OCHA Syria @OCHA_Syria, 4 February 2018
Horrific massacre again in #Kafranbil city 6 civilians were killed and more than 10 injured so far, after warplane airstrikes targeted the civilians homes in the city. #CivilDefense teams rushed to help the victims, and continue the rescue operation.: image via The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef, 4 February 2018
Horrific massacre again in #Kafranbil city 6 civilians were killed and more than 10 injured so far, after warplane airstrikes targeted the civilians homes in the city. #CivilDefense teams rushed to help the victims, and continue the rescue operation.: image via The White Helmets @SyriaCivilDef, 4 February 2018
Photos, videos, messages from #Idlib
tonight are horrifically similar to what we saw in 2016 on besieged
#Aleppo: image via Sophie McNeill @SophieMcNeill, 4 February 2018
Inside the Kill Box
[after a Chlorine attack, Idlib province]: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 4 February 2018
[after a Chlorine attack, Idlib province]: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 4 February 2018
[after a Chlorine attack, Idlib province]: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 4 February 2018
[after a Chlorine attack, Idlib province]: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 4 February 2018
[after a Chlorine attack, Idlib province]: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 4 February 2018
[after a Chlorine attack, Idlib province]: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 4 February 2018
[after a Chlorine attack, Idlib province]: image via Hozaifa Dahmaan @hozaifadahmaan, 4 February 2018
#Urgent ||This is how #Harasta city looks after it's been targeted with 18 ground-to-ground missiles provided with the internationally banned #Napalm, those missiles were launched by #Assad regime army near #EasternGhouta, many civilians got injured and huge fire in buildings.: image via Mahmood Adam @Mahmoudadam87, 28 January 2018
#Urgent ||This is how #Harasta city looks after it's been targeted with 18 ground-to-ground missiles provided with the internationally banned #Napalm, those missiles were launched by #Assad regime army near #EasternGhouta, many civilians got injured and huge fire in buildings.: image via Mahmood Adam @Mahmoudadam87, 28 January 2018
#Urgent ||This is how #Harasta city looks after it's been targeted with 18 ground-to-ground missiles provided with the internationally banned #Napalm, those missiles were launched by #Assad regime army near #EasternGhouta, many civilians got injured and huge fire in buildings.: image via Mahmood Adam @Mahmoudadam87, 28 January 2018
#Urgent ||This is how #Harasta city looks after it's been targeted with 18 ground-to-ground missiles provided with the internationally banned #Napalm, those missiles were launched by #Assad regime army near #EasternGhouta, many civilians got injured and huge fire in buildings.: image via Mahmood Adam @Mahmoudadam87, 28 January 2018
18 civilians "including a woman" injured after #Assad Regime fire-bombing in Harasta neighbourhoods using #Napalm, #EasternGhouta.: image via White Helmets Rif Dimashq @SyriaCivilDef, 28 January 2018
18 civilians "including a woman" injured after #Assad Regime fire-bombing in Harasta neighbourhoods using #Napalm, #EasternGhouta.: image via White Helmets Rif Dimashq @SyriaCivilDef, 28 January 2018
Absolute Foreknowledge Dept
Bettor makes multimillion-dollar wager on Eagles in Las Vegas: David Purdum, ESPN, 25 January 2018
The
early betting action on Super Bowl LII had been evenly divided between
the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles at MGM's sportsbooks in
Las Vegas.
It's not anymore.
On Wednesday, a bettor placed a "multimillion-dollar" bet on the underdog Eagles, according to MGM vice president of race and sports Jay Rood.
Rood declined to reveal the exact amount of the bet, but told ESPN that it was multimillions, making it one of the largest reported bets in recent years in Nevada.
"Obviously, we're pretty heavy Eagles now," Rood said.
Rood said he had dealt with the customer before, but refused to provide any further details.
He also would not say if the bet was a money-line wager or a straight bet on the point spread.
The Super Bowl line at MGM dropped from New England -5.5 to -4.5 on Wednesday afternoon. The money line on the Eagles also moved Wednesday at MGM, dropping +180 to +170.
The Patriots are 5-point favorites at the majority of Nevada sportsbooks.
A steward apprehends a pitch invader as Newcastle United plays Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, London, February 2018. REUTERS/David Klein: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 5 February 2018
It's not anymore.
On Wednesday, a bettor placed a "multimillion-dollar" bet on the underdog Eagles, according to MGM vice president of race and sports Jay Rood.
Rood declined to reveal the exact amount of the bet, but told ESPN that it was multimillions, making it one of the largest reported bets in recent years in Nevada.
"Obviously, we're pretty heavy Eagles now," Rood said.
Rood said he had dealt with the customer before, but refused to provide any further details.
He also would not say if the bet was a money-line wager or a straight bet on the point spread.
The Super Bowl line at MGM dropped from New England -5.5 to -4.5 on Wednesday afternoon. The money line on the Eagles also moved Wednesday at MGM, dropping +180 to +170.
The Patriots are 5-point favorites at the majority of Nevada sportsbooks.
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'... you die or you die....'
ReplyDeleteNo words convey the meaning in these pictures out of Syria. We have forsaken life itself.
Maureen,
ReplyDeleteThat line from Sakir Khader expresses everything that's coming out of the besieged areas of Syria right now.
As of 19 minutes ago, there are 78 new civilian deaths so far today, from air attacks.
Of course there's a serious question about showing the true effects of war upon the human body, esp w kids, every time.
Problem now is that if you don't show, nobody will see, nobody will know.
Worse problem, even if you can manage to show salient moments, even random moments, still nobody will care, nobody will even look at anything about Syria. It's become a blank spot in the mind, erased by some unspoken consensus from all maps of human consideration.
The growing realisation, this time round, among the victims, that the so called international community has abandoned them, can no longer be missed, even from here.
Things in northern Syria are now again, as in the last months of 2016, at a stage of generalized suffering that would I sometimes think make the introduction of our tears of compassion merely a compounding of the disrespect.
Things have come to this point because the world is as it is.
My private view, in Syria as in, for example Gaza, or the West Bank, the long years of horror are far from over.