A Jordanian Village, a School and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Kufr Yuba Journal: A Jordanian Village, a School and the Syrian Refugee Crisis | Merissa Khurma.

Merissa Khurma on efforts by local Jordanians to help Syrian women and children. These efforts deserve our support, and we need more of them.

The death of Dr Abbas Khan shows how Syria’s President Assad shares power with ruthless and erratic henchmen

The death of Dr Abbas Khan shows how Syria’s President Assad shares power with ruthless and erratic henchmen – The Independent.

At this stage, #Assad won’t give a second thought to killing the Queen, not just a doctor, because he has created a mess in which no Western country would contemplate intervening. The moment Obama backed down on the strike, Syria was effectively given to the wolves.

16 children freeze to death as Syrians fight for survival Anadolu Agency

16 children freeze to death as Syrians fight for survival Anadolu Agency.

“Nearly 50,000 children are in danger of dying in tent cities near Turkish border.” 16 FROZE to death. What more needs be said?

Secret detention part of Syria ‘campaign of terror:’ U.N.

Secret detention part of Syria ‘campaign of terror:’ U.N. | Reuters.

The regime is still the worst offender. But ISIL and others (as we have seen in the case of Razan, Samira and their colleagues) are committing similar abuses now making the lives of people in liberate areas even worse. We have to fight demons and fiends as well as our own battered sense of humanity for a long time before we get to the “promised land.” But we can never get there living in a cage. WE need to find our colleagues and secure their release.