"Syria: where modern and medieval warfare combines" Topic

"More aid is reaching more people inside Syria, but escalating violence across the country has left more people than ever in need. So warns Ban Ki-moon in his latest report on the Syria crisis. As the UN prepares to launch a humanitarian appeal for those affected by the conflict – the biggest single aid request in history – the secretary general's report signals the urgent need for a step-change in international engagement with Syria. The lives of the country's beleaguered civilians, and the future of hard-won norms of warfare, depend on it.

Every month the number of people requiring basic assistance inside Syria rises: the figure now stands at 12.2 million. More than half of those in need have been driven from their homes, and a quarter of a million people in the suburbs of Aleppo and Damascus remain besieged, trapped in the ruins of what used to be their houses.

Meanwhile, Syria's steady descent into a human rights black hole continues. The obligations enshrined in international law hold no purchase in the country: six times as many schools were attacked over the 30 days to 16 November as the month before. Bombs and shells rain down on terrified civilians sheltering in wedding halls or awaiting treatment in hospitals. Water and power supplies are routinely cut. Murder, torture and sexual violence are part of daily life…"
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Yeah … nothing new …

It is very sad and no way to safely get supplies in with ISUS seeking to martyr any non-Syrian who does humanitarian work their. I consider anyone who went to Syria to help ease or to report on the citizens' plight a martyr in the cause of trying to help their fellow man.

That's a very charitable and noble view, Redroom. I consider them idiots.

I have to go with that too tuscaloosa …