ICRC Syria entering Eastern Ghouta with @SYRedCrescent and @UN. (Image @ICRC_sy)
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and humanitarian partners delivered 46 truckloads of food relief aid for 27,500 people and health items for more than 70,000 people inside Duma in eastern Ghouta.
The convoy included aid from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the United Nations, and SARC. The truckloads included food baskets, flour, medical supplies, a kidney treatment facility, baby milk and nutritional foods.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent included a mobile clinic to support SARC’s medical facilities functioning in Duma, and to provide rapid primary healthcare to children and vulnerable people.
Eng. Khaled Hboubati, SARC’s President said: “SARC volunteers and staff stand ready 24/7 to deliver humanitarian support to all people in need in Syria”. He added, “this convoy to Duma/Eastern Ghouta is the first one as approved by the humanitarian aid monthly plan of the Syrian High Relief Committee”.
The last convoy entered Eastern Ghouta on Feb 14th, 2018. – SARC
Denmark has suspended all rail links with Germany after police stopped hundreds of migrants at the border. Danish police also closed a motorway between the two countries when some asylum seekers began walking north after being forced off a train. They say their destination is Sweden.
As the EU struggles with a major migrant crisis, the European Commission has proposed that 120,000 additional asylum seekers should be shared out between members, using binding quotas.
Denmark’s DSB rail operator said trains to and from Germany had been suspended for an indefinite period because of exceptional passport checks.
Two trains carrying more than 200 migrants are being held in Rodby, a major port with ferry links to Germany. Danish police say many migrants are refusing to leave the trains because they do not want to be registered in Denmark.
Police also closed part of the E45 motorway – the main road link between Germany and Denmark – after about 300 migrants left another train and set off on foot towards Sweden near the border town of Padborg.
Sweden has become a top destination for refugees after it promised to issue residency papers to all Syrian asylum seekers. Denmark’s new centre-right government has promised to get tough on immigration.
Since its election in June it has slashed benefits for new arrivals and restricted the right to residency. About 3,000 migrants have entered the country since the weekend. Prime Minister Lars Lokke-Rasmussen said Denmark was under pressure as asylum seekers arrive on their way to Sweden.
“This clearly shows that what we are facing right now is not only a refugee problem, it is also a migration problem,” he said. A surge of migrants fleeing conflict and hardship in Africa and the Middle East has pushed north through Europe over the past few weeks.
Many of those escaping the civil war in Syria have travelled from Turkey across the sea to Greece, through Macedonia and Serbia, and then to Hungary from where they aim to reach northern Europe.
On Wednesday European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced plans for a “swift, determined and comprehensive” response through a quota system.
In a “state of the union” annual address, he said tackling the crisis was “a matter of humanity and human dignity”. “It’s 160,000 refugees in total that Europeans have to take into their arms and I really hope that this time everyone will be on board,” Mr Juncker told the European Parliament. The new plans would relocate 60% of those now in Italy, Greece and Hungary to Germany, France and Spain.
The numbers allocated to each country would depend on GDP, population, unemployment rate and asylum applications already processed. Countries refusing to take in migrants could face financial penalties.
Thursday, 10 September, 2015 at 03:18 (03:18 AM) UTC RSOE
Thousands of Syrian refugees are facing freezing temperatures and difficult weather conditions as snowstorms have hit areas where they’ve set up camps.
Families have been fleeing their homes in Syria because of fighting between the President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebel groups who want him out.
Many of them set up makeshift homes near the border with Lebanon. Over the past week the weather has become harsh with temperatures dropping so low icicles have formed on the huts.
Friday, 13 December, 2013 at 04:57 (04:57 AM) UTC RSOE
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9 more Syrian children die from cold
Thousands face imminent death due to lack of access to basic necessities during the civil war.
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“Nine more children including 4 newborn babies died from the cold, the Syrian Network for Human Rights announced Friday.
Doctors in the region warnthatworsening weatherconditionscouldlead to more deaths as the lack of access to basic necessities has left thousands facing imminent death. The Syrian oppositionissued an urgent call for help to international institutions.
The Middle Eastern nation braves the wintry cold for athird time during the civil war which began in March 2011.
More than 100,000people havebeenkilled in themore than three-year oldconflict inSyriaand overtwo millionSyriansare now registered as refugees in neighboring countries, Turkey. Lebanon and Iraq,according to the UN.” – worldbulletin.net
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United Nations voices concern for refugees caught in winter storm in Lebanon
It is called Alexa a storm sweeping across Syria and Lebanon bringing in high winds and freezing temperatures. It is the start of what is predicted to be the worst winter for many years.
The United Nations said it is “extremely concerned” for the plight of the 2.2 million refugees living outside Syria and the millions more displaced inside the country.
In Lebanon humanitarian groups are struggling to meet overwhelming needs.
Syrian refugee Jined Al-Hussein explained his plight. “It is cold in the rain and we have nothing. Hunger and cold weather and there is nothing. I have been here for a week.”
Abdel-Karim Alibrahim is from Aleppo and such are the conditions he says he would prefer to return there.
“The tents blew about letting the rain and snow come in on the little children. We would have preferred to stay in Syria with the shelling.”
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is prioritising aid to refugees at high altitude where the snow is at its worst and said as long as people are in tents there is only so much they can do.
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Mr Assad he is not discouraged by threats from the West
President Assad says Syria is capable of confronting military action, as the US claims it has evidence of sarin gas use.
US Secretary of State John Kerry told US news channels the case is building for a military attack and that the administration learned of the sarin use through samples of hair and blood provided to Washington by first responders in Damascus.
Meanwhile Mr Assad has told Syrian state television his country is capable of confronting any external aggression.
The American threats of launching an attack against Syria will not discourage Syria away from its principles or its fight against terrorism supported by some regional and Western countries, first and foremost the United States of America.
UN chemical weapons inspectors
Syria generally refers to rebels fighting to topple the leader as terrorists.
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani told the semi-official Iranian Labour News Agency that Syrians were the target of chemical attacks by their own government and now they must also wait for an attack by foreigners.
The people of Syria have seen much damage in these two years, he added.
Mr Kerry said he was confident that Congress will give Barack Obama its backing for a military strike against Syria.
But the former senator added that the president has the authority to act on his own if Congress doesnt give its approval.
A man affected by gas is treated by medics
Members are scheduled to return from a summer break on September 9.
Syrias Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad told reporters Mr Obama had grown hesitant and confused after he postponed the action until after the vote.
The Syrian main opposition bloc said it was disappointed with Mr Obamas decision to wait for Congress but said it believed lawmakers would approve a strike.
Earlier William Hague ruled out a second vote on British military involvement in Syria.
He told Skys Murnaghan programme that Parliament has spoken and that it would be unrealistic to try once more to persuade MPs to support military force.
He also branded the Labour party opportunistic and said its MPs had some hard thinking to do after the stance they took in Thursdays vote.
Pope Francis has condemned the use of chemical weapons and announced he would lead a worldwide day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria on September 7.
The call for military action against Syria intensified after foreign-backed opposition forces accused the government of President Assad of launching a chemical attack on militant strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21 and killing hundreds.
Syrian opposition coalition has called on the US Congress to support military intervention in Syria.
The Syrian National Coalition said on Sunday that any attack against the government of President Bashar al-Assad must also include a transfer of more weapons to foreign-backed militants fighting there.
Any possible military action should be carried out in conjunction with an effort to arm the Free Syrian Army, the foreign-backed bloc said in a statement.
It added that an increase in arms supply is key to restraining Assad and ending the ongoing bloodshed.
On August 31, US President Barack Obama said he has decided to launch military strike against Syria, adding that he would seek authorization for military action from Congress after lawmakers return from recess on September 9.
Syria opposition coalition also stated that it was disappointed with Obamas decision to seek Congress approval for an attack on Syria.
We had a feeling of disappointment. We were expecting things to be quicker, that a strike would be imminent But we believe Congress will approve a strike, it added.
The bloc further said that it would seek more support from other countries, including Turkey, in an attack against Syria.
The coalition will get in touch with Arab countries and Turkey so that they cooperate as much as possible with the United States.
Meanwhile, Assad said on Sunday that his country is capable of confronting any foreign aggression.
The call for military action against Syria intensified after foreign-backed opposition forces accused the government of President Assad of launching a chemical attack on militant strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21 and killing hundreds.
Iran, Russia, China, and the UN have warned against a military intervention in Syria.
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Press TV claims Saudi Prince Bandar behind chemical attack in Syria
Syrians in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta say Saudi Arabia provided chemical weapons for an al-Qaeda linked terrorist group which they blame for the August 21 chemical attack in the region, a Mint Press News report says.
The article co-authored by a veteran AP reporter, said interviews with doctors, residents, anti-government forces and their families in Ghouta suggest the terrorists in question received chemical weapons via Saudi spymaster Saudi Arabias intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud.
The report quoted the father of a militant as saying that his son and 12 others were killed inside a tunnel used to store weapons supplied by a Saudi militant leader, known as Abu Ayesha.
The man described the weapons as having a tube-like structure while others were like a huge gas bottle.
Anti-government forces, interviewed in the article, complained they were not informed of the nature of the weapons they had been given, nor did they receive instructions how to use them.
When Saudi Prince Bandar gives such weapons to people, he must give them to those who know how to handle and use them, said one militant.
Another militant accused the Takfiri militants of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front of refusing to cooperate with other insurgents or sharing secret information. They merely used some ordinary rebels to carry and operate this material, he said.
We were very curious about these arms. And unfortunately, some of the fighters handled the weapons improperly and set off the explosions, he added.
The authors noted that the doctors who treated the chemical weapons attack victims cautioned interviewers against asking questions regarding who exactly was responsible for the deadly assault.
Also more than a dozen militants interviewed said their salaries came from the Saudi government. They reportedly said Prince Bandar is referred to as al-Habib (the lover) by al-Qaeda militants fighting in Syria.
According to Independent, it was Prince Bandars intelligence agency that first accused the Syrian government in February of using sarin gas in a bid to rally support for Riyadhs efforts to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
And The Wall Street Journal has reported that the Saudi spy chief is considered by the CIA as a veteran of the diplomatic intrigues of Washington and the Arab world [who] could deliver what the CIA couldnt: planeloads of money and arms, andwasta, Arabic for under-the-table clout.
The United States has evidence that the chemical nerve agent sarin was used in a deadly attack in Damascus last month, Secretary of State John Kerry says.
US says it has evidence proving Syrian regime used sarin gas
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John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, has said his government had obtained evidence that sarin gas was used in an attack in Syria last month that the US claims killed 1,400 people.
Hair and blood samples provided to the US from first responders on the scene of last months attack in Damascus have tested positivefor signatures of sarin, Kerry told US NBC and CNN televisions on Sunday.
Kerry said the case is building for a military attack against the government. However, the evidence has yet to be presented to the public.
The Syrian regime is known to have stockpiles of sarin, a deadly nerve agent, although the regime has claimed that rebels have used the substance in attacks.
The statement came a day after Obama stepped back from his threat to launchan attack unilaterally, instead saying he would consult the US Congress before any such action.
سوريا : الأسد يقول انه مستعد لل قتال
SKY NEWS 03:06 المملكة المتحدة ( GMT 1406Z / UTC) ، يوم الأحد 1 سبتمبر 2013
باراك أوباما و بشار الأسد
السيد الأسد انه لا يثبط من تهديدات الغرب
ويقول الرئيس الأسد سورية قادرة على مواجهة عمل عسكري ، كما تزعم الولايات المتحدة لديها أدلة من استخدام غاز السارين .
وقالت وزيرة الخارجية الامريكية جون كيري قنوات الأخبار الأمريكية “القضية هو بناء ” لهجوم عسكري وان الادارة المستفادة من استخدام السارين من خلال عينات من الشعر والدم التي قدمت إلى واشنطن أول المستجيبين في دمشق .
وفى الوقت نفسه، قال الأسد للتلفزيون الحكومي السوري ان بلاده قادرة على مواجهة أي عدوان خارجي .
“إن التهديدات الأمريكية بشن هجوم ضد سوريا لن تثني سوريا عن مبادئها … أو حربها ضد الإرهاب بدعم من بعض الدول الإقليمية والغربية ، وعلى رأسها الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية . ”
حمل خبراء الاسلحة الكيماوية للامم المتحدة يرتدون أقنعة غاز العينات التي تم جمعها من أحد المواقع من هجوم مزعوم الأسلحة الكيميائية في حين ترافقها مقاتلي الجيش السوري الحر في حي عين ترما من مفتشي الأمم المتحدة دمشق الأسلحة الكيميائية
سوريا عموما يشير إلى المتمردين الذين يقاتلون للاطاحة زعيم بأنهم “إرهابيون ” .
قال الرئيس الإيراني السابق أكبر هاشمي رفسنجاني وكالة الأنباء العمالية الإيرانية شبه الرسمية أن السوريين كانت ” هدفا للهجمات الكيميائية من قبل حكومتهم و الآن يجب عليهم الانتظار أيضا ل هجوم من قبل الأجانب ” .
” ، وقد شهدت شعب سوريا الكثير من الضرر في هذين العامين ” واضاف.
وقال كيري انه واثق من أن الكونجرس سوف تعطي باراك أوباما دعمه لتوجيه ضربة عسكرية ضد سوريا .
لكن عضو مجلس الشيوخ السابق وأضاف أن الرئيس لديه السلطة ل يتصرف من تلقاء نفسه إذا الكونجرس لا تعطي موافقتها .
رجل ، يتأثر ما يقول نشطاء هو غاز الأعصاب ، يتنفس من خلال قناع الأكسجين في ضواحي دمشق من Jesreen يعامل رجل المتضررة من الغاز بنسبة مسعفون
ومن المقرر ان يعود من العطلة الصيفية في 9 أيلول الأعضاء .
وقال نائب وزير الخارجية فيصل المقداد السوري للصحفيين ان أوباما نمت ” مترددة ومرتبكة … ” بعد أن تأجل العمل حتى بعد التصويت .
قالت كتلة المعارضة الرئيسية السورية انها ” بخيبة أمل ” مع قرار أوباما لانتظار الكونغرس لكنه قال انه يعتقد ان المشرعين الموافقة على الإضراب.
حكمت في وقت سابق وليام هيج من تصويت ثان على تورط الجيش البريطاني في سوريا .
وقال برنامج سكاي مورناغان أن ” البرلمان قد تكلم “، وأنه سيكون من غير الواقعي أن يحاول مرة أخرى لاقناع النواب لدعم القوة العسكرية .
و صفت أيضا حزب العمل ” الانتهازية ” وقال ان النواب في بعض “التفكير من الصعب القيام به ” بعد موقف أخذوا في تصويت يوم الخميس.
وندد البابا فرانسيس استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية و أعلن انه سيقود يوميا في جميع أنحاء العالم من الصوم و الصلاة من أجل السلام في سوريا في 7 أيلول .
قصص ذات الصلة:
سوريا : قواعد لاهاي القيام بعمل عسكري بريطاني
حصري: ‘ المخططة الغاز هجوم الصيف الماضي الأسد
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الدعوة للقيام بعمل عسكري ضد سوريا تصاعدت بعد قوى المعارضة مدعومة من الخارج اتهم حكومة الرئيس الأسد بشن هجوم كيماوي على معاقل المسلحين في ضواحي دمشق في 21 اغسطس اب و قتل المئات ” .
ودعا ائتلاف المعارضة السورية على الكونجرس الأمريكي لدعم التدخل العسكري في سوريا .
وقال الائتلاف الوطني السوري يوم الاحد ان أي هجوم ضد حكومة الرئيس بشار الأسد يجب أن تشمل أيضا نقل المزيد من الأسلحة إلى المسلحين مدعومة من الخارج القتال هناك .
وقال “يجب أن يتم أي عمل عسكري محتمل خارج بالتزامن مع محاولة ل تسليح الجيش السوري الحر “، وقال الكتلة مدعومة من الخارج في بيان .
وأضاف أن زيادة في إمدادات الأسلحة هو المفتاح ل كبح جماح الأسد وإنهاء إراقة الدماء المستمرة .
في 31 آب ، قال الرئيس الأمريكي باراك أوباما إنه قرر إطلاق ضربة عسكرية ضد سوريا ، مضيفا انه سيسعى للحصول على ترخيص للقيام بعمل عسكري من الكونجرس بعد عودة النواب من العطلة يوم 9 سبتمبر .
وذكر ائتلاف المعارضة السورية أيضا أنها ” بخيبة أمل ” مع قرار أوباما للحصول على موافقة الكونجرس لشن هجوم على سوريا .
” كان لدينا شعور من خيبة الأمل . وأضافت أن كنا نتوقع أن تكون الأمور أسرع ، أن الإضراب سيكون وشيكا … ولكن نحن نعتقد أن الكونجرس الموافقة على الاضراب ” .
وقالت الكتلة أيضا أنها ستسعى إلى مزيد من الدعم من الدول الأخرى ، بما في ذلك تركيا ، في هجوم ضد سوريا .
“إن التحالف سوف تحصل على اتصال مع الدول العربية و تركيا بحيث تتعاون قدر المستطاع مع الولايات المتحدة. ”
وفي الوقت نفسه، قال الاسد يوم الاحد ان بلاده قادرة على مواجهة أي عدوان خارجي .
الدعوة للقيام بعمل عسكري ضد سوريا تصاعدت بعد قوى المعارضة مدعومة من الخارج اتهم حكومة الرئيس الأسد بشن هجوم كيماوي على معاقل المسلحين في ضواحي دمشق في 21 اغسطس اب و قتل المئات.
وحذر إيران وروسيا و الصين والأمم المتحدة ضد التدخل العسكري في سوريا .
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الصحافة التلفزيونية يدعي السعودي الأمير بندر وراء هجوم كيماوي في سوريا
” يقول السوريون في ضاحية دمشق الغوطة قدمت المملكة العربية السعودية للحصول على أسلحة كيماوية تنظيم القاعدة مرتبط المجموعة الإرهابية التي يحملونها مسؤولية الهجوم الكيميائية 21 أغسطس في المنطقة ، يقول تقرير أخبار الصحافة النعناع.
وقال المقال الذي شارك في تأليفه مراسل AP المخضرم ، تشير مقابلات مع الأطباء والمقيمين و القوات المناهضة للحكومة وأسرهم في الغوطة تلقى الارهابيين في مسألة الأسلحة الكيميائية عن طريق رئيس المخابرات الامير بندر بن سلطان آل سعود السعودية مسؤول التجسس في المملكة العربية السعودية .
ونقل التقرير عن والد احد النشطاء قوله ان ابنه و 12 آخرين لقوا مصرعهم داخل نفق يستخدم لتخزين الأسلحة الموردة من قبل زعيم القاعدة السعودي ، المعروف باسم أبو عائشة .
وصف رجل الأسلحة و جود ” أنبوب يشبه هيكل ” بينما كان البعض الآخر مثل ” زجاجة غاز ضخمة. ”
اشتكى القوات المناهضة للحكومة ، الذين تمت مقابلتهم في هذه المادة، و أنها لم تكن على علم طبيعة الأسلحة التي أعطيت ، كما أنها لم تتلقى تعليمات كيفية استخدامها .
وقال “عندما يعطي السعودي الأمير بندر تلك الأسلحة إلى الناس ، وقال انه يجب منحها ل أولئك الذين يعرفون كيفية التعامل معها و استخدامها “، وقال احد المسلحين .
اتهم ناشط اخر ان المتشددين التكفيرية من آل النصرة اجهة لتنظيم القاعدة المرتبطة برفض التعاون مع غيرهم من المسلحين أو تقاسم معلومات سرية . واضاف “انهم مجرد استخدام بعض المتمردين العاديين لتنفيذ وتشغيل هذه المواد ” ، قال.
وأضاف “كنا غريبة جدا عن هذه الأسلحة . واضاف انه ولسوء الحظ ، التعامل مع بعض المقاتلين الأسلحة بشكل غير صحيح وفجروا التفجيرات ” .
وأشار المؤلفون إلى أن الأطباء الذين عالجوا ضحايا الهجوم الأسلحة الكيميائية حذر المقابلات ضد طرح الأسئلة حول من هو بالضبط المسؤولة عن الهجوم القاتل .
كما قال أكثر من عشرة مسلحين مقابلات جاء رواتبهم من الحكومة السعودية . ورد قالوا يشار الأمير بندر إلى ” الحبيب ” ( عاشق ) من قبل مسلحي القاعدة القتال في سوريا .
وفقا ل المستقلة ، كان من وكالة الاستخبارات الأمير بندر أن المتهم الأول الحكومة السورية في شهر فبراير من استخدام غاز السارين في محاولة لحشد الدعم لجهود الرياض للاطاحة بالرئيس السوري بشار الأسد .
و ذكرت صحيفة وول ستريت جورنال أن رئيس المخابرات السعودية تعتبر وكالة المخابرات المركزية بأنه ” محارب قديم من المؤامرات الدبلوماسية من واشنطن والعالم العربي [ الذي ] يمكن أن يحقق ما لم يستطع وكالة المخابرات المركزية : طائرات محملة من المال والسلاح ، و الواسطة … والعربية لل نفوذ من تحت الطاولة ” .
SF / السيدة / KA ”
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الأسلحة الكيميائية: كيف يتم جمع الأدلة
سوريا لايف مدونة
وتقول الولايات المتحدة لديها أدلة تثبت النظام السوري يستخدم غاز السارين
AL JAZEERA آخر تعديل: 1 سبتمبر 2013 17:01
وقال جون كيري ، و زيرة الخارجية الأمريكية ، إن حكومته على أدلة التي تم استخدامها غاز السارين في هجوم في سوريا الشهر الماضي أن المطالبات الامريكية قتلت 1،400 شخص.
“لقد جاءت ايجابية ل توقيع السارين ” وقال كيري الشعر و الدم العينات المقدمة إلى الولايات المتحدة من أول المستجيبين على الساحة من هجوم الشهر الماضي في دمشق NBC الأمريكية وتلفزيونات CNN يوم الاحد .
وقال كيري “القضية هو بناء ” لهجوم عسكري ضد الحكومة . ومع ذلك ، فإن الأدلة لم يتم بعد عرضها على الجمهور .
ومن المعروف أن النظام السوري ل ديها مخزونات من غاز السارين ، وهو غاز الأعصاب القاتل ، على الرغم من أن النظام قد ادعى أن المتمردين استخدموا مادة في الهجمات.
وجاء البيان بعد يوم واحد صعد أوباما العودة عن تهديده بشن هجوم من جانب واحد ، بدلا من ذلك قائلا انه سيتشاور مع الكونجرس الامريكي قبل أي إجراء من هذا القبيل .
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British MPs have voted to reject possible military action against the Assad regime in Syria to deter the use of chemical weapons.
A government motion was defeated 285 to 272, a majority of 13 votes.
Prime Minster David Cameron said it was clear Parliament does not want action and the government will act accordingly.
It effectively rules out British involvement in any US-led strikes against the Assad regime.
And it comes as blow to the authority of David Cameron, who had already watered down a government motion proposing military action, in response to the opposition Labour Partys demands for more evidence of Assads guilt.
Labour had seen its own amendment calling for compelling evidence rejected by MPs by 114 votes.
But in an unexpected turn of events MPs also rejected the governments motion in support of military action in Syria if it was supported by evidence from United Nations weapons inspectors, who are investigating claims President Bashar al-Assads regime had used chemical weapons against civilians. BBC News
وقالرئيس الوزراءديفيدكاميرونكانواضحاالبرلمانلا يريدالعمل و“الحكومة سوفتتصرف على هذا النحو“.
فإنهيحكمبفعاليةالتورط البريطانيفيأيالضرباتالتي تقودها الولايات المتحدةضدنظام الأسد.
ويتعلق الأمر مثل ضربةلسلطةديفيدكاميرون، الذي كان قد سقىبالفعلبرفض اقتراحالحكومةتقترحالقيام بعمل عسكري، فياستجابةلمطالبحزبالعمال المعارضللمزيد من الأدلة منذنبالأسد.
ان حزب العمالينظرالتعديلالخاصة به –داعيا الى “مقنعة” الأدلة– رفضالنواببأغلبية 114 صوتا.
ولكن–فيتحول غير متوقعللأحداث– رفضالنوابأيضااقتراح الحكومةفيدعم العمل العسكريفيسورياإذاكان مدعومامن قبلالأدلةمنمفتشيالأسلحة التابعين للأممالمتحدة، الذين يحققونالمطالباتقدنظام الرئيسبشارالأسداستخدمت الأسلحةالكيماوية ضدالمدنيين“-بي بي سي نيوز فيديو
(الائتمان فيديو: HotViralBreakingNews)
المتصلة:
سوريا: العمل العسكري–الولايات المتحدة“مستعدةللذهاب”، UK وضع الخطط، تشير البرلمان. فرنسا‘جاهز لمعاقبة‘ – 2708131700z
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement deplores the death of Wassim Mouselli and Yousef Al Kens both of whom were working at the Syrian Arab Red Crescent’s branch of Homs.
Wassim and Yousef died on the 27th of August as a result of a mortar shell that landed in front of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent’s branch in Homs. A number of civilians among which children were also killed in this tragic incident.
With the death of Wassim and Yousef, the total number of Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers who have lost their lives since the beginning of this conflict has risen to 22 , all of them killed while carrying out their humanitarian duties. While both Wassim and Yousef were not deliberately targeted, other volunteers have been deliberately targeted in the past in spite of their clear affiliation with the movement.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) together call for the immediate protection of staff and volunteers from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and all other personnel of the Movement risking their lives on a daily basis to provide life saving assistance. It is imperative that they be given the space necessary to operate and carry out their humanitarian mandate.
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The Words of the SARC President Dr. Abdul Rahman Attar (Written before this current incident in Homs)
“The Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers are carrying SARC’s emblem..” (A Red Crescent on a white background) “..on their chests and forgetting their names while confronting danger, penetrating the walls of pain and fear, while planting hope and reassurance, with all sense of responsibility and far away from consideration, but with full impartiality and neutrality.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent is a humanitarian organization, voluntary, elected, non-profitable, with its own prestigious character, and has its own financial and administrative independence, founded in 1942 and was recognized by the International Movement of 1946.
Since the founding of this organization it has played a significant role in responding to crises experienced in the region, and it has provided assistance to our brothers, the Iraqis, the Lebanese and the Palestinians, and during the current crisis in Syria, it has responded to the humanitarian situation in collaboration with its partners inside and outside Syria.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent provided, by responding to the current situation, a number of martyrs and wounded volunteers and staff while performing their humanitarian duty, I can only ask for mercy for those martyrs, and gratitude for the noble humanitarian work that they have done keeping across Syria.
In conclusion I reiterate my gratitude and appreciation for all those volunteers in the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, who have played the most important and prominent role in the current circumstances that prevailed in the country to provide a helping hand to those affected and to save the lives of wounded, and as for me, I will not be the one who will thank them, but the Syrians are the ones who will remember them and talk about their noble work.” – Dr. Abdul Rahman Attar
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Syria Crisis: the reality facing volunteers part 1
سوريا: دعوةاللجنة الدوليةلحماية فوريةمنالدولية للصليبالأحمر والهلال الأحمر الموظفينوالمتطوعينبعداثنين من أكثرمتطوعو الهلالالأحمرقتلوا فيحمص–280813
28-08-2013 بيان اللجنة الدولية
الهلال / الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري / اللجنة الدولية – جنيف / دمشق –
حركة الهلال الأحمر الدولية للصليب الأحمر وتستنكر وفاة وسيم موصللي ويوسف الإدراك اللذين كانوا يعملون في فرع الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري في حمص.
توفي وسيم ويوسف على 27 أغسطس نتيجة قذيفة هاون سقطت أمام فرع الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري في حمص. وهناك عدد من المدنيين بينهم أطفال وقتل ايضا في هذا الحادث المأساوي.
مع وفاة وسيم ويوسف، وارتفع العدد الإجمالي للمتطوعين الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري الذين فقدوا حياتهم منذ بداية هذا الصراع إلى 22، وجميعهم من قتل أثناء قيامه بواجباته الإنسانية. في حين أن كلا سيم ويوسف لم تكن مستهدفة عمدا، وقد استهدف متطوعين آخرين عمدا في الماضي على الرغم من انتمائهم واضح مع الحركة.
منظمة الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري واللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر (اللجنة الدولية) والاتحاد الدولي لجمعيات الهلال الأحمر والصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر معا ندعو إلى توفير الحماية الفورية للموظفين ومتطوعين من الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري وجميع الموظفين الآخرين حركة يخاطرون بحياتهم على أساس يومي لتقديم المساعدة المنقذة للحياة. ومن الضروري أن يتم إعطاء المساحة اللازمة لتشغيل وتنفيذ مهامها الإنسانية.
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كلام الرئيس الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري الدكتور عبد الرحمن العطار (كتب قبل هذه الحادثة الحالي في حمص)
“إن متطوعي الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري تحمل شعار الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري في ..” (A الهلال الأحمر على خلفية بيضاء) “.. على صدورهم ونسيان أسمائهم في حين تواجه الخطر، اختراق الجدران من الألم والخوف، في حين زرع الأمل والطمأنينة، مع كل إحساس بالمسؤولية وبعيدا عن النظر، ولكن مع الحياد الكامل والحياد.
منظمة الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري هو منظمة إنسانية، طوعية، المنتخبين، غير ربحية، مع طابعها المرموقة الخاصة، ولها استقلالها المالي والإداري، التي تأسست في عام 1942 واعترفت بها الحركة الدولية لعام 1946.
منذ تأسيس هذه المنظمة أنها لعبت دورا هاما في الاستجابة للأزمات التي تواجهها المنطقة، وقدم مساعدة لإخواننا، والعراقيين واللبنانيين والفلسطينيين، وخلال الأزمة الحالية في سوريا، التي استجاب بها إلى الحالة الإنسانية بالتعاون مع شركائها داخل سوريا وخارجها.
قدم الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري، من خلال الاستجابة إلى الوضع الراهن، فإن عددا من الشهداء والجرحى المتطوعين والموظفين أثناء أداء واجبها الإنساني، ويمكنني أن أسأل فقط للرحمة لأولئك الشهداء، وامتنانه للعمل الإنساني النبيل الذي قاموا به حفظ عبر سوريا.
وفي الختام أكرر شكري وتقديري لجميع أولئك المتطوعين في الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري، الذين لعبوا دور أهم وأبرز في ظل الظروف الراهنة التي كانت سائدة في البلاد لتقديم يد العون للمتضررين وإنقاذ الأرواح من الجرحى، وأما بالنسبة لي، وأنا لن يكون الشخص الذي سوف نشكرهم، ولكن السوريين هم الذين سوف نتذكرهم والتحدث عن عملهم النبيل “- الدكتور عبد الرحمن العطار
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سوريا الأزمة: واقع تواجه المتطوعين جزء 1
(الائتمان فيديو: BritishRedCross)
نشرت يوم 22 مارس 2013
يتميز هذا الفيديو الدكتور محمد نور النعسان، متطوع في الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري. وقال انه هو منسق الرعاية الصحية في فرع حمص.
متطوعو الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري يخاطرون بحياتهم لتوفير شريان الحياة لأي شخص في المحاصرين في الصراع.
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Syria: US Says Military Is Ready For Action
The West edges closer to military action in Syria as the Assad regime insists it will use “all means” to defend itself.
SKY NEWS 3:55pm UK (1455Z GMT/UTC), Tuesday 27 August 2013
“The US defence secretary says his country is “ready to go” if President Barack Obama orders action in Syria, as the UK recalls Parliament over the crisis.
Britain’s Armed Forces are drawing up plans for a potential military intervention in response to an alleged toxic gas attack in Damascus, which is believed to have killed hundreds of civilians.
Rebels in Syria have also handed Western powers a list of suggested targets for a strike, according to a Reuters source.
US defence secretary Chuck Hagel said Mr Obama asked the Pentagon to give him “all options for all contingencies”.
Mr Cameron says the Syrian attack was “absolutely abhorrent”
“We are prepared. We have moved assets in place to be able to fulfil and comply with whatever option the president wishes to take,” Mr Hagel told the BBC.
US secretary of state John Kerry said there was “undeniable” evidence of a large-scale chemical attack, with intelligence strongly pointing to President Bashar Assad’s government.
And he said the regime would be held accountable.
France’s President Francois Hollande said his country was prepared to “punish” those who gassed innocent people last Wednesday and it seemed certain that forces loyal to Mr Assad were behind the attack.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who is back in London after cutting short his family holiday, says a clear motion on the crisis will be put before MPs on Thursday.
Mr Hagel says the US is “ready to go”
He wrote on Twitter: “Speaker agrees my request to recall Parliament on Thurs. There’ll be a clear Govt motion & vote on UK response to chemical weapons attacks.”
Foreign Secretary William Hague has declined to rule out action, such as targeted air strikes, being launched within days.
But Mr Cameron – who is holding a National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Wednesday – is under pressure to be able to legally justify any intervention.
A build-up of military aircraft at Britain’s base on Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri, suggested that planning had reached a developed stage.
Sky’s Foreign Affairs Editor Tim Marshall said any potential action “would be a punch on the nose for the Assad regime. I don’t think the US is ready for Assad to go because they are frightened of who would take his place.”
But Syria insists it will not submit quietly to an attack.
Mr Muallem says any foreign strike on his country would be “delusional”
“We have two options: either to surrender, or to defend ourselves with the means at our disposal,” said Syrian foreign minister Walid Muallem.
“The second choice is the best: we will defend ourselves.”
Mr Muallem also claims Tuesday’s UN inspections of alleged chemical attack sites had to be scrapped because of disputes between rebels.
Snipers shot at the UN team on Monday, but the inspectors still managed to collect some “valuable” samples.
One of Britain’s bases, RAF Akrotiri, is in southern Cyprus
The UN inspections will take place on Wednesday instead, Mr Muallem said.
Syria denies using the chemical weapons and Russia – which supplies arms to Syria and is the regime’s most powerful ally – has backed claims that video footage of victims could be opposition propaganda.
“I challenge those who accuse our forces of using these weapons to come forward with the evidence,” Mr Muallem said.
The Arab League has accused the Syrian regime of carrying out the suspected gas attack and Saudi Arabia has called for “firm and serious” action against the state.
The US postponed a Syrian crisis meeting with Russia that was scheduled for this week because of America’s ongoing review of the attack.
Snipers shot at UN inspectors on Monday
Russia said postponing The Hague meeting was a “serious disappointment”. Moscow also warned that any use of force against Syria would have “catastrophic consequences”.
“We call on our American colleagues and all members of the international community to show prudence, strict observance of international law, and above all, the fundamental principles of the UN Charter,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
And deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin claimed western countries are behaving in the Islamic world like a “monkey with a grenade”.
Russia’s emergencies ministry has told Sky News that it is sending a plane to Syria today to take in humanitarian aid and is planning to bring around 150 of its citizens out.
It is unclear whether Obama would seek authority from the UN or Congress before using force. But it is likely Russia and China would block US efforts to authorise action through the UN Security Council.
Meanwhile, wary investors have exited world markets because of the talk of potential military intervention.
They moved towards safe havens such as gold and bonds while the uncertainty has driven oil prices to a six-month high.” – SKY NEWS
French President Francois Hollande waves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
“PARIS — French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that his country is prepared to take action against those responsible for gassing people in Syria.
“France is ready to punish those who took the heinous decision to gas innocents” in Syria last week, Hollande said at a conference with France’s ambassadors. He did not elaborate.
“I have decided to increase our military support to the National Syrian Coalition,” the main Syrian opposition group in exile, he also said.
France, one of Europe’s biggest military powers, has not specified what preparation it is taking for any possible international action against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.
But on Monday Hollande said time is running out for the Syrian regime and airstrikes are a possibility. “Everything will come into play this week,” he told Le Parisien newspaper. “There are several options on the table, ranging from strengthening international sanctions to airstrikes to arming the rebels.
Hollande spoke with President Barack Obama on Sunday and told him France, like Britain, would support him in a targeted military intervention, according to the paper.” – huffingtonpost.com
Syria: Breakdown of services increases suffering – International Red Cross/ Red Crescent (ICRC)
26-08-2013 Operational Update
“In violence-stricken areas, the breakdown of essential services is adding to the woes of hundreds of thousands of people.
“This is not a life worth living,” said Bilal, a resident of Rural Damascus. “Together with dozens of other families, we’re crowded into an unfinished building shell without electricity or water. Even if the shelling around us were to stop, there would still be the heat, the flies buzzing over our heads and the stench of the garbage outside.”
Areas plagued by heavy fighting, including Rural Damascus, eastern parts of Aleppo and Deir Ezzor and the governorate of Raqqa, are enduring breakdowns of essential services such as the supply of electricity and water and the collection of garbage.
“Many water stations have been damaged and can no longer supply the communities that depend on them,” said Jean-Marc Burri, in charge of the ICRC’s water and sanitation activities in Syria. “Furthermore, waste management services, including the collection of garbage, have become almost non-existent in some areas where fighting has been taking place, or only continue to be performed through the efforts of the people living there.”
“The failure to remove refuse for lengthy periods of time could have a serious impact on the well-being of entire communities,” he said. “Piles of garbage are ideal breeding grounds for disease and parasites.”
To help ward off any public health catastrophe, the ICRC launched a number of projects aimed at improving overall sanitary conditions. “We’re trying to improve, as far as possible, the conditions in which people affected by the fighting have to live,” said Mr Burri.
Thanks to the joint efforts of the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, garbage in Aleppo’s Jisr Al-Haj area was collected and disposed of over the past couple of weeks. In addition, insecticides were sprayed in Aleppo and Idlib to help control parasites. Furthermore, ICRC engineers worked together with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and local water boards to carry out emergency repairs in areas of heavy fighting to ensure the availability of clean potable water.
Since the beginning of August, in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the ICRC has also:
provided local water boards in Rural Damascus, Damascus, Aleppo, Lattakia, Sweida, al-Hassakeh, Deir Ezzor, Tartous, Homs and Idlib with technical expertise, equipment and supplies, including pumps and generators;
continued to upgrade water, housing and sanitary facilities at more than 45 public sites in eight governorates where displaced people are living, while completing work at another 14 sites in three governorates.
The ICRC’s health department has:
assessed two hospitals in Hama to which it donated surgical supplies for the full treatment of 100 seriously injured patients;
provided the Syrian Arab Red Crescent branch in Hama with medical assistance, including chronic disease medication for the treatment of 450 patients;
supplied the Syrian Arab Red Crescent with medications for 2,500 children.
The ICRC’s relief department has:
supplied food parcels for some 260,000 people in Deir Ezzor, Hama, Aleppo, Rural Damascus, Lattakia, Homs, Idlib and Damascus governorates;
provided mattresses and blankets for 60,000 people in Rural Damascus, Homs, Hama, Lattakia, Deir Ezzor and Damascus;
supplied kitchen sets (cooking pots, plates, cups and cutlery) for more than 30,000 people in Hama, Homs, Deir Ezzor, Lattakia and Damascus;
supplied hygiene items (shampoos, soaps, washing detergents, female hygiene items, etc.) to some 70,000 people in Hama, Homs, Deir Ezzor, Rural Damascus and Lattakia.” – ICRC
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Chuck Hagel: U.S. Ready If Order Given to Strike Syria
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg News’ Julianna Goldman and Contributing Editor Richard Falkenrath discuss comments from U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that the U.S. military is ready to strike if an order is given by the U.S. government against Syria. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s “In The Loop.”
Syria: US Says Military is Ready For Action – US Ready To Launch Syria Strike
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem has announced that the second day of the UN weapons…euronews, the most watched news channel in EuropeSubscribe for your daily dose of international news, curated and explained:http://eurone.ws/10ZCK4aEuronews is available in 13 other languages: http://eurone.ws/17moBCUhttp://www.euronews.com/2013/08/27/us…Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moualem has announced that the second day of the UN weapons inspectors’ probe into alleged chemical weapon strikes in Damascus has been postponed.Moualem told US Secretary of State John Kerry that the government was not obstructing the work but that there had been disagreements among the rebels over security arrangements. Moualem said the army would press on with its military campaign despite the threat of possible foreign strikes. He addeded that any strikes on Syria would serve the interests of Al-Qaeda linked groups. The international community, facing a deadlocked UN Security Council, is looking at other means to legitimise a military strike on Syria. The 15-nation council has been in limbo since the uprising against the Assad regime began in 2011.Both Russia and China have vetoed three resolutions calling for firm action against Damascus.In the UK, Prime Minister David Cameron recalled parliament from its summer break, it will meet on Thursday to discuss the response to the situation in Syria. The US has intervened in conflicts before without UN backing, notably in Kosovo in 1999, and may well do again as President Obama seeks a so-called “coalition of the willing”.Any attacks on Syria backed by Britain, France and Turkey, to name but a few, will anger Moscow – an ally of Assad.The US believes the allegations that Assad used chemical weapons are true, something Syria denies.Speaking in Washington, US Secretary of State John Kerry adopted a tough tone: “The meaning of this attack goes beyond the conflict in Syria itself and that conflict has already brought so much terrible suffering. This is about the large scale indiscriminate use of weapons that the civilised world long ago decided must never be used at all – a conviction shared even by countries that agree on little else.”As the diplomacy continued the bloody conflict went on with death whether by chemical or conventional weapons a daily occurrence.
سوريا: العمل العسكري–الولايات المتحدة“مستعدةللذهاب”، UK وضع الخطط، تشير البرلمان. فرنسا‘جاهز لمعاقبة‘ – 2708131700z
سوريا: الولايات المتحدة تقول إن الجيش على استعداد للعمل
الحواف الغربية أقرب إلى عمل عسكري في سوريا كما نظام الأسد تصر على أنها ستستخدم “كل الوسائل” للدفاع عن نفسها.
SKY NEWS 15:55 المملكة المتحدة (GMT 1455Z / UTC) الثلاثاء 27 أغسطس 2013
“يقول وزير الدفاع الأمريكي ان بلاده” مستعدة للذهاب “اذا كان الرئيس باراك أوباما أوامر العمل في سوريا، كما في المملكة المتحدة تشير البرلمان بشأن الازمة.
هي قوات المسلحة البريطانية وضع خطط لتدخل عسكري محتمل ردا على هجوم الغازات السامة المزعومة في دمشق، والذي يعتقد أنه قتل المئات من المدنيين.
وسلمت الثوار في سوريا أيضا القوى الغربية على قائمة الأهداف المقترحة للإضراب، وفقا لمصدر لرويترز.
وقال وزير الدفاع الاميركي تشاك هيغل طلب أوباما البنتاغون أن يعطيه “كل الخيارات لجميع الحالات الطارئة”.
ديفيد كاميرون إرجاع المبكر من عطلة للتعامل مع الأزمة السورية المتصاعدة
يقول كاميرون الهجوم السوري كان “البغيضة على الاطلاق”
“، ونحن مستعدون. لقد انتقلنا الموجودات في المكان المناسب ليكون قادرا على الوفاء والالتزام بها أيا كان الخيار يود الرئيس إلى اتخاذ” قال هاجل لهيئة الاذاعة البريطانية.
قالت وزيرة الخارجية الامريكي جون كيري ان هناك ادلة “لا يمكن إنكارها” من هجوم كيماوي على نطاق واسع، مع المخابرات لافتا بشدة لحكومة الرئيس بشار الأسد.
وقال انه سيتم عقد نظام للمساءلة.
وقال الرئيس الفرنسي فرانسوا هولاند ان بلاده مستعدة “لمعاقبة” أولئك الذين بالغاز الأبرياء يوم الأربعاء الماضي، ويبدو أن بعض القوات الموالية للسيد الأسد كانوا وراء الهجوم.
رئيس الوزراء البريطاني ديفيد كاميرون، الذي عاد في لندن بعد أن قطع عطلة قصيرة عائلته، ويقول سيتم وضع الحركة واضحة بشأن الأزمة قبل النواب يوم الخميس.
تشاك هيغل
يقول هيغل الولايات المتحدة “مستعدة للذهاب”
وقال انه كتب على تويتر: “رئيس يوافق على طلبي أن أذكر البرلمان في الخميس سوف يكون هناك واضحة الحركة والحكومة التصويت على استجابة المملكة المتحدة لهجمات الأسلحة الكيميائية”.
وقد رفض وزير الخارجية وليام هيغ استبعاد العمل، مثل الضربات الجوية استهدفت، التي يتم إطلاقها في غضون أيام.
لكن كاميرون – الذي عقد مجلس الأمن القومي (NSC) اجتماعه يوم الأربعاء – تتعرض لضغوط لتكون قادرة على تبرير قانونيا أي تدخل.
تراكم من طائرات عسكرية في قاعدة بريطانيا على قبرص، RAF أكروتيري، واقترح أن التخطيط قد وصلت إلى مرحلة متطورة.
قال السماء الشؤون الخارجية محرر تيم مارشال أي عمل محتمل “سيكون لكمة على أنفه لنظام الأسد، وأنا لا أعتقد أن الولايات المتحدة مستعدة للاسد للذهاب لأنهم خائفون من الذي سيأخذ مكانه.”
لكن سوريا تصر على أنها لن تقدم بهدوء لهجوم.
وزير الخارجية السوري
يقول السيد المعلم أن أي ضربة الأجنبية على بلاده أن تكون “الوهمية”
“: إما الاستسلام، أو للدفاع عن أنفسنا مع الوسائل التي في حوزتنا لدينا خيارين” قال وزير الخارجية السوري وليد المعلم.
“الخيار الثاني هو الأفضل: سندافع عن أنفسنا.”
يدعي السيد المعلم أيضا كان التفتيش للمواقع المزعومة هجوم كيماوي يوم الثلاثاء ليتم تفكيكها بسبب الخلافات بين المتمردين.
القناصة النار على فريق الامم المتحدة يوم الاثنين، ولكن المفتشين تمكنوا من جمع بعض العينات “قيمة”.
RAF أكروتيري
واحدة من القواعد البريطانية، RAF أكروتيري، هو في جنوب قبرص
وقال السيد المعلم وعمليات التفتيش للامم المتحدة سيعقد يوم الاربعاء بدلا من ذلك.
وتنفي سوريا باستخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية وروسيا – التي تمد الأسلحة إلى سوريا وحليف للنظام أقوى – وأيدت مزاعم بأن لقطات الفيديو من الضحايا يمكن أن يكون دعاية المعارضة.
“، وأنا أتحدى أولئك الذين يتهمون قواتنا من استخدام هذه الأسلحة على المضي قدما مع الأدلة”، وقال السيد المعلم.
واتهمت الجامعة العربية النظام السوري بتنفيذ الهجوم الغاز المشتبه بهم ودعت المملكة العربية السعودية إلى اتخاذ إجراءات “حازمة وجادة” ضد الدولة.
أجلت الولايات المتحدة اجتماعا الأزمة السورية مع روسيا التي كانت مقررة لهذا الاسبوع بسبب الاستعراض أميركا الجارية للهجوم.
SYRIA انتهاء الصراع الأمم المتحدة
القناصة النار على مفتشي الامم المتحدة يوم الاثنين
وقالت روسيا تأجيل اجتماع لاهاي كان “خيبة أمل خطيرة”. حذرت موسكو أيضا أن أي استخدام للقوة ضد سوريا سيكون له “عواقب كارثية”.
“،، ونحن ندعو زملائنا الامريكيين وجميع أعضاء المجتمع الدولي لإظهار الحكمة، والتقيد الصارم للقانون الدولي، وقبل كل شيء المبادئ الأساسية لميثاق الأمم المتحدة” قالت وزارة الخارجية الروسية.
وادعى نائب رئيس الوزراء الروسي ديمتري روجوزين يتصرفون الدول الغربية في العالم الإسلامي مثل “قرد بقنبلة”.
وقال وزارة حالات الطوارئ في روسيا سكاي نيوز أنه تم إرسال طائرة إلى سوريا اليوم لتأخذ في المساعدات الإنسانية وتخطط لجلب حوالي 150 من المواطنين للخروج.
ومن غير الواضح ما إذا كان أوباما سيسعى للحصول على السلطة من الأمم المتحدة أو الكونغرس قبل استخدام القوة. ولكن من المرجح ان روسيا والصين عرقلة جهود الولايات المتحدة أن تأذن بالعمل من خلال مجلس الأمن الدولي.
في هذه الأثناء، خرجت المستثمرين حذرين الأسواق العالمية بسبب الحديث عن تدخل عسكري محتمل.
انتقلوا نحو الملاذات الآمنة مثل الذهب والسندات في حين أن عدم اليقين الذي دفع أسعار النفط الى أعلى مستوى في ستة أشهر “- NEWS SKY
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تحليل: سوريا والأخلاق وشريعة الغاب
سوريا: UK يرسم خطط لعمل عسكري
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فرنسا ‘جاهز لمعاقبة “سوريا بسبب هجوم بالغاز
huffingtonpost.com 08/27/13 00:22 PM بتوقيت شرق الولايات المتحدة ET AP
فرنسا سوريا
الرئيس الفرنسي فرانسوا هولاند موجات عقب الاجتماع الاسبوعي لمجلس الوزراء في قصر الاليزيه في باريس الجمعة 2 أغسطس، 2013. (ا ف ب الصور / جاك Brinon)
“باريس – قال الرئيس الفرنسي فرانسوا هولاند الثلاثاء ان بلاده على استعداد لاتخاذ إجراءات ضد المسؤولين عن القتل بالغاز الناس في سوريا.
وقال هولاند في مؤتمر مع سفراء فرنسا “فرنسا مستعدة لمعاقبة أولئك الذين اتخذوا القرار البشعة إلى الأبرياء الغاز” في سوريا الاسبوع الماضي. ولم يوضح.
وقال “لقد قررت زيادة الدعم العسكري لدينا للائتلاف الوطني السوري”، وقال أيضا جماعة المعارضة السورية الرئيسية في المنفى.
فرنسا، واحدة من أكبر القوى العسكرية في أوروبا، لم يحدد ما إعداد انها تتخذ أية إجراءات دولية محتملة ضد نظام الرئيس السوري بشار الأسد.
لكن يوم الاثنين قال هولاند الوقت ينفد بالنسبة للنظام السوري والغارات الجوية هي الاحتمال. “، وسوف يأتي كل شيء في اللعب هذا الأسبوع” قال لصحيفة لو باريزيان. وقال “هناك العديد من الخيارات مطروحة على الطاولة، بدءا من تعزيز العقوبات الدولية على الضربات الجوية لتسليح المتمردين.
وتحدث هولاند مع الرئيس باراك أوباما يوم الاحد وقال له فرنسا، مثل بريطانيا، ودعم له في التدخل العسكري المستهدفة، وفقا للصحيفة “-. huffingtonpost.com
سوريا: توزيع الخدمات يزيد من معاناة – الصليب الأحمر / الهلال الأحمر الدولية (ICRC)
26-08-2013 عرض لأنشطة
“العنف في المناطق المنكوبة، وانهيار الخدمات الأساسية وإضافة إلى ويلات مئات الآلاف من الناس.
“هذه ليست حياة تستحق العيش”، وقال بلال، وهو من سكان ريف دمشق. “جنبا إلى جنب مع عشرات من أسر أخرى، ونحن مزدحمة في قذيفة مبنى غير منجز دون كهرباء أو ماء. حتى لو كان القصف من حولنا كانت لوقف، ستظل هناك الحرارة، والذباب يطن فوق رؤوسنا والرائحة الكريهة لل القمامة خارج “.
المناطق التي تعاني من القتال العنيف، بما في ذلك ريف دمشق، الأجزاء الشرقية من حلب ودير الزور ومحافظة الرقة، ويتحمل أعطال الخدمات الأساسية مثل إمدادات الكهرباء والمياه وجمع القمامة.
“، قد تعرضت للتلف العديد من محطات المياه، ويمكن لم يعد تزويد المجتمعات المحلية التي تعتمد عليها” وقال جان مارك بري، المسؤول عن أنشطة الصرف الصحي في سوريا الماء والدولية. “وعلاوة على ذلك، تضيع والخدمات الإدارية، بما في ذلك جمع القمامة، وأصبحت شبه معدومة في بعض المناطق حيث القتال قد تم اتخاذ مكان، أو يستمر فقط ليتم تنفيذها من خلال جهود الناس الذين يعيشون هناك.”
“عدم إزالة النفايات لفترات طويلة من الزمن قد يكون لها تأثير خطير على، رفاهية مجتمعات بأكملها”، قال. “أكوام من القمامة هي أرض خصبة مثالية لمرض والطفيليات.”
للمساعدة في درء أي كارثة الصحة العامة، أطلقت اللجنة الدولية عددا من المشاريع التي تهدف إلى تحسين الظروف الصحية بشكل عام. “نحن نحاول تحسين، إلى أقصى حد ممكن، والظروف التي تسمح للناس المتضررين من القتال يجب أن نعيش”، وقال السيد بري.
وبفضل الجهود المشتركة من اللجنة الدولية والهلال الأحمر العربي السوري، والقمامة في منطقة حلب الجسر الحاج تم جمعها والتخلص منها على مدى الأسبوعين الماضيين. وبالإضافة إلى ذلك، تم رش المبيدات الحشرية في حلب وادلب للمساعدة في السيطرة الطفيليات. وعلاوة على ذلك، عمل مهندسو اللجنة الدولية بالتعاون مع الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري ومجالس المياه المحلية لتنفيذ إصلاحات طارئة في مناطق القتال الثقيلة لضمان توافر مياه الشرب النظيفة.
منذ بداية شهر آب، وذلك بالتعاون مع الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري، قامت اللجنة الدولية أيضا:
قدمت مجالس المياه المحلية في ريف دمشق، دمشق، حلب، اللاذقية، السويداء، الحسكة، دير الزور، طرطوس، حمص وإدلب مع الخبرة التقنية والمعدات واللوازم، بما في ذلك المضخات والمولدات الكهربائية؛
واصلت لرفع مستوى المياه والإسكان والمرافق الصحية في أكثر من 45 موقعا العامة في ثماني محافظات حيث نازح يعيشون، في حين الانتهاء من العمل في مواقع أخرى 14 في ثلاث محافظات.
وزارة الصحة في اللجنة الدولية بما يلي:
تقييم مستشفيين في مدينة حماة التي لتقديم الإمدادات الجراحية لعلاج كامل من 100 مريض بجروح خطيرة؛
وقدم فرع الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري في مدينة حماة مع المساعدة الطبية، بما في ذلك الدواء مرض مزمن لعلاج 450 مريضا؛
تزويد الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري مع الأدوية ل2،500 الأطفال.
قسم اللجنة الدولية الإغاثة بما يلي:
الطرود الغذائية المقدمة لبعض 260،000 شخص في دير الزور وحماة وحلب وريف دمشق واللاذقية وحمص وإدلب ودمشق المحافظات؛
الأفرشة والبطانيات ل60،000 شخص في ريف دمشق وحمص وحماة واللاذقية ودير الزور ودمشق؛
مجموعات مطبخ الموردة (أواني الطبخ والصحون والكؤوس والسكاكين) لأكثر من 30،000 شخص في حماة وحمص ودير الزور واللاذقية ودمشق؛
البنود الموردة النظافة (الشامبو، الصابون، منظفات الغسيل، مستلزمات النظافة أنثى، الخ) لبعض 70،000 شخص في حماة وحمص ودير الزور وريف دمشق واللاذقية “- اللجنة الدولية
فيديو
تشاك هيغل: جاهز الولايات المتحدة إذا كان ترتيب معين لضرب سوريا
(الائتمان فيديو: ا ف ب)
نشرت يوم 27 أغسطس 2013
27 أغسطس (ا ف ب) – بلومبرغ نيوز ‘جوليانا جولدمان والمساهمة في تحرير ريتشارد وفي رأي مغاير مناقشة تعليق من وزير الدفاع الاميركي تشاك هيغل أن الجيش الأمريكي مستعد للضرب في حال عدم إعطاء أمر من قبل حكومة الولايات المتحدة ضد سوريا. يتكلمون على تلفزيون بلومبرغ في “في حلقة”.
سوريا: الولايات المتحدة تقول إن الجيش هو جاهز للعمل – الولايات المتحدة مستعدة لشن سوريا سترايك
(الائتمان الفيديو: سوريا أخبار اليوم)
العمل العسكري في سوريا: الولايات المتحدة وحلفائها المقربين لقرار
(الائتمان فيديو: يورونيوز)
نشرت يوم 27 أغسطس 2013
أعلن وزير الخارجية السوري وليد المعلم أن اليوم الثاني من الامم المتحدة للاسلحة … يورونيوز، القناة الاخبارية الأكثر مشاهدة في EuropeSubscribe لالجرعة اليومية من أخبار دولية، برعاية وأوضح: http://eurone.ws/10ZCK4aEuronews متاح في 13 لغات أخرى: أعلن وزير الخارجية وليد المعلم http://eurone.ws/17moBCUhttp://www.euronews.com/2013/08/27/us…Syrian أن اليوم الثاني من مفتشي الاسلحة الدوليين ‘ وقال التحقيق في الضربات الأسلحة الكيميائية المزعوم في دمشق تم postponed.Moualem وزيرة الخارجية الامريكية جون كيري ان الحكومة لم عرقلة العمل ولكن أن كانت هناك خلافات بين الثوار حول الترتيبات الأمنية. وقال المعلم ان الجيش قدما في حملتها العسكرية على الرغم من التهديد من الضربات الخارجية ممكن. انه addeded أن أي هجمات على سوريا من شأنه أن يخدم مصالح جماعات مرتبطة بتنظيم القاعدة. المجتمع الدولي، يواجه مجلس الامن الدولي صلت إلى طريق مسدود، وتبحث في وسائل أخرى لإضفاء الشرعية على توجيه ضربة عسكرية لسوريا. وكان المجلس المكون من 15 دولة في طي النسيان منذ بدء الانتفاضة ضد نظام الأسد في 2011.Both روسيا والصين حق النقض ضد ثلاثة قرارات تدعو إلى إجراءات حازمة ضد Damascus.In المملكة المتحدة، أشار رئيس الوزراء ديفيد كاميرون البرلمان من عطلته الصيفية، انه سيجتمع يوم الخميس لمناقشة الرد على الوضع في سوريا. وقد تدخلت الولايات المتحدة في الصراعات قبل بدون تأييد من الامم المتحدة، وخاصة في كوسوفو في عام 1999، ولها أن تفعل جيدا مرة أخرى كما يسعى الرئيس أوباما ما يسمى “تحالف الراغبين”. أي هجمات على سوريا بدعم من بريطانيا وفرنسا وتركيا، إلى سبيل المثال لا الحصر، سوف غضب موسكو – حليف Assad.The الولايات المتحدة تعتقد أن الأسد ادعاءات استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية صحيحا، وهو ما تنفيه سوريا. يتحدث في واشنطن، اعتمدت وزيرة الخارجية الامريكية جون كيري لهجة صعبة: “معنى هذا الهجوم يتجاوز الصراع في سوريا جلبت نفسها والتي تتعارض بالفعل معاناة رهيبة جدا من ذلك بكثير وهذا هو حول نطاق واسع الاستخدام العشوائي للأسلحة التي العالم المتحضر منذ فترة طويلة قررت يجب ألا تستخدم أبدا على الإطلاق – ذهب قناعة مشتركة حتى من قبل الدول التي توافق على القليل آخر “كما واصلت الدبلوماسية الصراع الدموي على مع الموت سواء عن طريق الأسلحة التقليدية الكيميائية أو حدثا يوميا.
المتصلة:
سوريا: مفتشي هجوم كيماوي العثور على ‘أدلة قيمة’ على الرغم من تعرضها لنيران القناصة؛ المملكة المتحدة والولايات المتحدة سيناقشون العمل العسكري – 260813 2000z
SKY NEWS 7:37pm UK (1837Z GMT/UTC), Monday 26 August 2013
United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon is confident that inspectors will do their job – after they survived a sniper attack in Damascus.
Chemical weapons experts gathered “valuable” evidence on a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus despite coming under sniper fire, United Nations officials said.
The team’s lead vehicle was “deliberately shot at multiple times” as they left a government checkpoint during a visit to part of the city where hundreds of people were allegedly killed, Martin Nesirky told Sky News.
Prime Minister David Cameron spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin after cutting short his holiday and is expected to make a decision about recalling Parliament tomorrow as the diplomatic crisis over Syria’s civil war deepens.
The UN’s Angela Kane leaves the inspectors’ hotel in Damascus
None of the UN inspectors, who were dressed in body armour, was injured in the attack, which came after two mortar bombs landed close to their hotel.
It was not clear who was responsible for the sniper attack, which damaged the vehicle’s tyres and front window, although Bashar al Assad’s regime blamed the mortar fire on rebel fighters.
After the shooting, the UN inspectors were able to change vehicles and meet victims of the alleged chemical attack, taking samples for testing before returning to their hotel in Damascus.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon did not blame either side for the convoy attack but said he had told his disarmament chief Angela Kane to make a “strong complaint” to the Syrian government.
His spokesman Farhan Haq said in New York: “Despite the passage of a number of days, the Secretary General is confident that the team will be able to obtain and analyze evidence relevant for its investigation of the August 21 incident.”
UN inspectors speak to medics shortly after their convoy was attacked
The Assad regime said the inspections in Zamalka and Ein Tarma districts will prove allegations that chemical weapons were used against civilians, including children, were “lies”.
The opposition claimed 1,300 people were killed, while Doctors Without Borders said 355 people died in hospital from “neurotoxic” symptoms.
Mr Ban said the people of Syria deserved to know the truth, adding: “We cannot allow impunity in what appears to be a grave crime against humanity.”
The international community continues to consider its response to the crisis, with the Foreign Secretary warning military action may be the only remaining option.
David Cameron ended his holiday so he can chair of a meeting of the UK’s National Security Committee on Wednesday and discussed the crisis with President Putin by telephone, Downing Street confirmed.
Doctors Without Borders said 355 people died in the alleged attack
Mr Putin disagreed with Mr Cameron’s assertion that there was “little doubt” the attack was carried out by the Syrian regime, A No 10 spokesman said.
Hopes of a peace conference in Geneva appear to be receding, with sources in the Syrian opposition telling Reuters the talks are “off the table” after the alleged chemical attack.
William Hague said Britain and other countries could respond to the alleged attack without the unanimous backing of the UN, telling the BBC: “Otherwise it might be impossible to respond to such outrages, such crimes.”
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has cancelled a planned trip to visit British troops in Afghanistan so he can attend the security committee meeting.
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander urged the Prime Minister to recall Parliament to “make his case in advance of a decision being made”.
Meanwhile, French politicians are preparing to meet “in the coming days” to decide whether to respond with force, according to the country’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius.
Bashar al Assad denied his regime had used chemical weapons
There is mounting speculation that France, together with Britain and the US, could back limited airstrikes to demonstrate that deployment of chemical weapons will not be tolerated.
However, Mr Assad said military intervention by the US would fail.
“Failure awaits the United States as in all previous wars it has unleashed,” the Syrian president said in an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestia.
Describing the chemical weapons accusations as “nonsense”, Mr Assad added: “Would any state use chemical or any other weapons of mass destruction in a place where its own forces are concentrated? That would go against elementary logic.
“Accusations of this kind are entirely political and the reason for them is the government forces’ series of victories over the terrorists.”
Mr Assad received backing from two of his main allies, with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warning that the use of force without a UN mandate would violate international law.
Urging the West not to go down a “dangerous path”, he said: “If anybody thinks that bombing and destroying the Syrian military infrastructure, and leaving the battlefield for the opponents of the regime to win, would end everything – that is an illusion.”
Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed countries outside the Middle East for the turmoil and said states in the region backing the Syrian opposition would be damaged by the conflict.
“The main reason behind the status quo in the region is interference from outside the region,” the state news agency Fars quoted Khamenei as saying in a meeting with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos.
Secretary of State Kerry Says Use Of Chemical Weapons In Syria Is Inexcusable, Undeniable
Kerry Says Chemical Attacks In Syria Should ‘Shock The Conscience Of The World’
Kerry Says Attacks Defy ‘The Code of Morality’ His statement comes as the U.S. considers plans to respond forcefully to reports that the Assad regime used chemical weapons last week that opposition groups said killed more than 1,000 people. The White House held meetings over the weekend to decide how to respond but officials said late Sunday that President Barack Obama has yet to make a decision.
UN chemical weapons inspectors shot at by snipers in Syria
UN experts looking into claims that Syria has deployed chemical weapons against its own people have been forced to abandon their investigation after they were shot at by snipers near Damascus.
UN experts were ‘deliberately’ targeted as they travelled in convoy to the site of the alleged atrocities in Syria. One car was damaged but no injuries was reported.
The inspectors were travelling to the site of the attack in a suburb of Damascus after the regime – which blames any chemical weapon use on opposition forces – gave its permission almost a week after the incident.
Despite a temporary ceasefire being agreed, their first vehicle was “deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers in the buffer zone area” , a spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
“As the car was no longer serviceable, the team returned safely back to the government checkpoint. The team will return to the area after replacing the vehicle,” he added.
The UN appealed for co-operation from both sides to allow the team access to the site.
Syria chemical weapons – Sarin gas attack near Damascus? – Truthloader
There are new allegations that chemical weapons have been used in Syria, this time near the capital Damascus in the Goutha region. As always, details about the alleged attack are unclear but there are suggestions that the nerve agent Sarin was used. Even estimates of the numbers killed vary wildly from dozens to more than 600. This video looks at the most recent attack and why there are always questions over the use of chemical weapons in Syria.Link to playlist of videos from Goutha:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUGrW-…Brown Moses blog featuring three chemical weapons experts: http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/201…And a load of info on previous alleged chemical weapons attacks: http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/201…A reddit live thread discussing the issues:http://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwa…of/Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/TRUsubWhy you should subscribe to Truthloader: http://bit.ly/17SR1YjMore from the conflict in Syria:How far could the Syrian conflict spread?: http://bit.ly/19M4UZeSyrian rebel ‘eats the heart’ of Syrian soldier: http://bit.ly/1d7PQW1Huge explosion rips through ammo store in Syria: http://bit.ly/1765lHSSyrian soldier puts down rifle to talk to FSA “brothers”: http://bit.ly/1765uv7Has the Syrian conflict become a regional war?: http://bit.ly/13TTOJA14-year-old boy publicly executed by Islamists for ‘blasphemy’: http://bit.ly/13IQ1nGFood shortages in Aleppo caused by opposition brigades?: http://bit.ly/14HjXLMSyrian opposition execute three civilians near Aleppo: http://bit.ly/152VoyZCan we trust US intelligence on Syrian chemical weapons?: http://bit.ly/14ZW4hOWho are Jabhat al-Nusra?: http://bit.ly/1avsOriPublic execution of three Syrians by Jihadist group: http://bit.ly/1f4WY28
Syria chemical attack facts tough to trace amid US & UK war hardline
The US and many of its allies seem impatient to wait for the UN findings – with American warships already converging near the war-torn state – and the British are preparing to join them. RT’s Maria Finoshina looks at where their confidence comes from in blaming the Syrian government for using chemical weapons – and where it might lead.
Arabic (Translated by Google)
سوريا: المفتشون البحث عن ‘أدلة قيمة’
SKY NEWS 07:37 المملكة المتحدة (GMT 1837Z / UTC) الاثنين 26 أغسطس 2013
الامين العام للأمم المتحدة بان كي مون واثقة من أن المفتشين سوف يقومون بعملهم – بعد أن نجا من هجوم قناص في دمشق.
وقال مسؤولو الأمم المتحدة تجمع خبراء الأسلحة الكيميائية “قيمة” دليلا على هجوم بالأسلحة الكيميائية التي يشتبه فيها بالقرب من دمشق على الرغم من تعرضها لنيران القناصة.
وقال مارتن نيسيركي سكاي نيوز تم “اطلاق النار عمدا في عدة مرات” الرصاص السيارة للفريق بينما كانوا يغادرون نقطة تفتيش تابعة للحكومة خلال زيارة لجزء من المدينة حيث مئات من الناس وزعم أن قتل.
وتحدث رئيس الوزراء ديفيد كاميرون للرئيس الروسي فلاديمير بوتين بعد قطع عطلته القصيرة، ومن المتوقع أن يتخذ قرارا حول مذكرا البرلمان غدا حيث ان الازمة الدبلوماسية بشأن تفاقم الحرب الأهلية في سوريا.
الممثل السامي لشؤون نزع السلاح أنجيلا كين الامم المتحدة يترك أحد الفنادق في دمشق التابع للامم المتحدة انجيلا كين يترك الفندق المفتشين في دمشق
ولم يصب أي من مفتشي الأمم المتحدة، الذين كانوا يرتدون الدروع، في الهجوم الذي جاء بعد ان قذيفتي مورتر سقطتا بالقرب من الفندق.
ولم يتضح من المسؤول عن الهجوم قناص، التي تضررت إطارات السيارة والنافذة الأمامية، على الرغم من أن نظام بشار الأسد باللوم على إطلاق قذائف الهاون على المقاتلين المتمردين.
بعد اطلاق النار، كانت مفتشي الامم المتحدة قادرة على تغيير المركبات وتلبية ضحايا الهجوم الكيميائية المزعوم، أخذ عينات لاختبار قبل العودة إلى فندقهم في دمشق.
لم الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة بان كي مون لا ألوم أي من الجانبين عن الهجوم قافلة لكنه قال انه ابلغ رئيس نزع السلاح له أنجيلا كين لتقديم “شكوى قوية” إلى الحكومة السورية.
وقال المتحدث باسمه فرحان حق في نيويورك: “على الرغم من مرور عدة أيام، إلى الأمين العام واثق من أن الفريق سيكون قادرا على الحصول على وتحليل الأدلة ذات الصلة للتحقيق في هذا الحادث 21 اغسطس.”
مفتشي الامم المتحدة في مفتشي الامم المتحدة التحدث إلى مستشفى مسعفون بعد فترة وجيزة تعرضت قافلتهم لهجوم
وقال إن نظام الأسد فإن عمليات التفتيش في زملكا وعين ترما المناطق إثبات المزاعم التي استخدمت الأسلحة الكيميائية ضد المدنيين، بمن فيهم الأطفال، وكانت “الأكاذيب”.
ادعى المعارضة وقتل 1،300 شخص، في حين قال أطباء بلا حدود توفي 355 شخصا في المستشفى من أعراض “أعصاب”.
وقال بان شعب سوريا يستحق أن يعرف الحقيقة، مضيفا: “لا يمكننا أن نسمح للإفلات من العقاب في ما يبدو أنه جريمة خطيرة ضد الإنسانية.”
يواصل المجتمع الدولي أن ينظر في ردها على الأزمة، مع الأمين عمل عسكري تحذير الخارجية قد يكون الخيار الوحيد المتبقي.
ديفيد كاميرون انتهت عطلته حتى انه يمكن كرسي اجتماع لجنة الأمن القومي في المملكة المتحدة يوم الاربعاء وناقش أزمة مع الرئيس بوتين خلال اتصال هاتفي، أكد داوننغ ستريت.
رجل، يتأثر ما يقول نشطاء هو غاز الأعصاب، يتنفس من خلال قناع الأكسجين في ضواحي دمشق أطباء بلا حدود Jesreen قال توفي 355 شخصا في الهجوم المزعوم
وقال المتحدث باسم و10 تطبيق لا اختلف بوتين مع تأكيد السيد كاميرون أن هناك “شك” كان الهجوم نفذ من قبل النظام السوري.
تظهر الآمال في مؤتمر السلام في جنيف أن هناك تراجعا، مع مصادر في المعارضة السورية قال لرويترز ان المحادثات هي “من على الطاولة” بعد هجوم كيماوي المزعومة.
وقال وليام هيج قد بريطانيا وغيرها من البلدان الرد على الهجوم المزعوم دون دعم بالإجماع من الأمم المتحدة، وقال لهيئة الاذاعة البريطانية: “وإلا فإنه قد يكون من المستحيل للرد على هذه الاعتداءات، مثل هذه الجرائم.”
ألغى نائب رئيس الوزراء نيك كليج زيارة مقررة لزيارة القوات البريطانية في أفغانستان حتى يتمكن من حضور اجتماع اللجنة الأمنية.
وحث وزير الخارجية الظل دوغلاس الكسندر رئيس الوزراء أن أذكر البرلمان إلى “جعل قضيته مقدما من قرار تبذل”.
وفي الوقت نفسه، السياسيين الفرنسيين يستعدون للقاء “خلال الايام المقبلة” ليقرر ما إذا كان الرد بالقوة، وفقا لوزير الخارجية لوران فابيوس في البلاد.
الرئيس السوري بشار الاسد يتحدث خلال مقابلة مع صحيفة ازفستيا الروسية بشار الأسد نفى أن نظامه يستخدم الأسلحة الكيميائية
وهناك تكهنات متزايدة على أن فرنسا، جنبا إلى جنب مع بريطانيا والولايات المتحدة، يمكن أن تؤيد الضربات الجوية محدودة لإثبات لن يتم التسامح الذي نشر الأسلحة الكيميائية.
ومع ذلك، قال السيد الأسد سوف تدخل عسكري من قبل الولايات المتحدة تفشل.
وقال “ينتظر فشل الولايات المتحدة كما هو الحال في كل الحروب السابقة قد أطلقت العنان ذلك”، الرئيس السوري في مقابلة مع صحيفة ازفستيا الروسية.
واصفا الاتهامات الأسلحة الكيميائية بأنها “هراء”، وأضاف السيد الأسد: “هل أي مادة كيميائية استخدام الدولة أو أي من أسلحة الدمار الشامل في مكان حيث تتركز قواتها أسلحة أخرى من شأنها أن تتعارض مع منطق الابتدائية؟
“الاتهامات من هذا النوع هي السياسية تماما والسبب بالنسبة لهم هو سلسلة القوات الحكومية ‘من الانتصارات على الارهابيين.”
السيد الأسد حظي بدعم من اثنين من حلفائه الرئيسية، مع وزير الخارجية الروسي سيرجي لافروف تحذير روسيا ان استخدام القوة دون تفويض من الامم المتحدة من شأنه أن ينتهك القانون الدولي.
وحث الغرب على عدم الذهاب إلى أسفل “مسار خطير”، قال: “إذا كان أي شخص يعتقد أن القصف وتدمير البنية التحتية العسكرية السورية، وترك ساحة المعركة لمعارضي النظام للفوز، سينتهي كل شيء – وهذا هو الوهم “.
في هذه الأثناء، اتهم الزعيم الاعلى الايراني آية الله علي خامنئي الدول خارج منطقة الشرق الأوسط للاضطراب وقال ان تتضرر الدول في المنطقة دعم المعارضة السورية من النزاع.
“السبب الرئيسي وراء الوضع الراهن في المنطقة هو تدخل من خارج المنطقة،” وكالة الانباء الرسمية نقلت فارس عن خامنئي قوله في لقاء مع السلطان قابوس في سلطنة عمان.
قصص ذات الصلة
سوريا: PM تخفيضات عطلة لمناقشة ‘هجوم’
سوريا تسمح للامم المتحدة لزيارة الموقع “الكيميائية هجوم ‘
لاهاي: سوريا مذبحة ‘هجوم كيماوي’
فيديو (قد تحتوي على صور)
جون كيري سوريا الأسلحة الكيميائية الكلام. السيناتور كيري: SYRIA ATTACK ‘A الفاحشة العظة’
(الائتمان فيديو: ليه غروسمان)
نشرت يوم 26 أغسطس 2013
وزيرة الخارجية يقول كيري استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية في سوريا أمر لا يغتفر، لا يمكن إنكارها
يقول كيري لهجمات كيماوية في سوريا أن “صدمة ضمير العالم ‘
يقول كيري الهجمات يتحدين ‘مدونة قواعد الأخلاق ”
يأتي بيانه كما تعتبر الولايات المتحدة خطط للرد بقوة على تقارير تفيد بأن نظام الأسد استخدم أسلحة كيماوية الاسبوع الماضي ان جماعات المعارضة قال مقتل أكثر من 1،000 شخص. عقد البيت الأبيض اجتماعات خلال عطلة نهاية الأسبوع لتقرر كيفية الرد لكن مسؤولين قالوا في وقت متأخر الاحد ان لديه الرئيس باراك أوباما حتى الآن لاتخاذ قرار.
مفتشو الأسلحة الكيميائية الامم المتحدة برصاص قناصة في سوريا
(الائتمان فيديو: WWN)
نشرت يوم 26 أغسطس 2013
وقد اضطر خبراء الأمم المتحدة تبحث في مزاعم بأن سوريا نشرت أسلحة كيميائية ضد شعبه إلى التخلي عن التحقيق الذي تجريه بعد إطلاق النار عليهم من قبل قناصة في بالقرب من دمشق.
وكان خبراء الأمم المتحدة ‘عمدا’ استهدفت لأنها سافرت في قافلة إلى موقع الفظائع المزعومة في سوريا. ولحقت أضرار واحد السيارة ولكن لم ترد انباء عن وقوع اصابات.
المفتشين كانوا يسافرون إلى موقع الهجوم في إحدى ضواحي دمشق بعد النظام – الذي يلوم أي استخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية ضد قوات المعارضة – أعطى الإذن لها تقريبا بعد أسبوع من الحادث.
وقال المتحدث باسم الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة بان كي مون على الرغم من وقف إطلاق النار المؤقت الذي اتفق عليه، “أطلقوا النار عمدا في عدة مرات من قبل قناصة مجهولين في منطقة منطقة عازلة” سيارتهم الأولى.
“، كما كانت السيارة لم يعد للخدمة، عاد الفريق سالما إلى نقطة التفتيش الحكومية. وسيقوم فريق العودة الى المنطقة بعد استبدال السيارة” واضاف.
ناشدت الأمم المتحدة للتعاون من كلا الجانبين للسماح للفريق الوصول إلى الموقع.
الأسلحة الكيميائية سوريا – هجوم غاز السارين بالقرب من دمشق؟ – Truthloader
سوريا هجوم كيماوي حقائق صعبة لتتبع وسط حرب الولايات المتحدة والمملكة المتحدة المتشدد
(الائتمان فيديو: RussiaToday)
نشرت يوم 26 أغسطس 2013
يبدو أن الولايات المتحدة والعديد من حلفائها الصبر لانتظار النتائج الأمم المتحدة – مع السفن الحربية الأمريكية تتلاقى بالفعل بالقرب من الدولة التي مزقتها الحرب – ويتم إعداد البريطانية للانضمام اليهم. RT ماريا Finoshina ينظر إلى المكان الذي يأتي من ثقتهم في إلقاء اللوم على الحكومة السورية لاستخدام الأسلحة الكيميائية – وحيث أنه قد يؤدي.
A damaged mosque in Arjoun village near Qusair town, where forces of President Assad and rebel forces have been fighting. Reuters
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Syria: Urgent plea to warring parties to spare civilians
01-06-2013 News Release
Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by the severe consequences for the civilians trapped in sharply intensified fighting in Qusair. According to various reports from within Qusair, many of the wounded are not receiving the medical care they need desperately. Medical supplies, food and water have all become scarce.
”We call on the parties involved to assume their full responsibilities with regard to respecting civilians and ensuring their safety. They must take every feasible precaution with regard to civilians and to those no longer taking part in hostilities,” says Robert Mardini, head of the ICRC’s operations in the Near and Middle East.
”We have already requested access to Qusair and we are prepared to enter the city immediately to deliver aid to the civilian population, provided we are able to operate in an impartial manner without preconditions of any kind.”
Thousands of civilians have already fled the city leaving everything they own behind. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent, supported by the ICRC and others, has been providing aid to many of them. Thousands of other civilians are reported to be in Qusair still ” hundreds of them severely wounded and without access to medical care.
“Civilians and the wounded are at risk of paying an even heavier price as the fighting continues. We call upon all parties to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law and to take constant care to spare at all times the lives of civilians and of those no longer taking part in hostilities,” Mr Mardini said.
Civilians are at increased risk during fighting in populated areas. They must not be targeted and those involved in the fighting must take all the required precautions to avoid harming them. Those who wish to leave for safer areas must be allowed to do so at any time. Those who choose to stay, or who are unable to leave, remain protected by international humanitarian law. The wounded ” civilians and combatants ” must receive medical care as promptly as possible. Fighters who have surrendered or been captured must not be killed and must be treated humanely.”
Syria: Allow Civilians to Flee from al-Qusayr
Grant Aid Agencies Immediate Access
(London) Syrian government forces and militia fighters are obligated to provide civilians safe passage out of al-Qusayr and surrounding towns.
Thousands of civilians have left al-Qusayr since a government offensive began in April 2013. Local opposition activists told Human Rights Watch that recent government attacks on fleeing civilians, including a reported attack on May 31, have made it difficult to escape and put remaining civilians, including many wounded, at great risk.
Human Rights Watch expressed grave concern for the safety of the remaining civilian population as well as wounded and captured fighters on all sides. Concerned governments should press Syrian authorities to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law, including not targeting civilians, allowing humanitarian agencies immediate access, and treating humanely all persons in custody.
Any forces that block civilians from leaving al-Qusayr are committing serious violations of the laws of war, said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. Syrian government forces must not target civilians and need to allow relief aid to get to the population at risk.
In earlier fighting in Syria, such as the governments operations in Daraya and Moadamiya in August 2012, Human Rights Watch documented retaliatory attacks against civilians, including executions, after opposition fighters withdrew.
Opposition activists from al-Qusayr told Human Rights Watch that approximately 8,000 civilians and another 1,200 wounded were in need of urgent assistance in al-Qusayr and nearby Eastern Buwayda and Dab`a amid intense shelling. These numbers cannot be confirmed as no independent nongovernment organizations currently have access to the area. Human Rights Watch urged the Syrian government to grant humanitarian agencies immediate access to treat the wounded and evacuate civilians.
On May 31, a convoy of civilians seeking to flee al-Qusayr was attacked by alleged Syrian government forces, according to a pro-opposition activist who made statements to the media. Local opposition activists also told Human Rights Watch that, due to attacks by encircling government forces, escape routes for civilians have become unsafe.
Multiple media accounts reported that on May 10 the Syrian army had dropped leaflets over al-Qusayr calling on civilians to leave the city, with a map of a safe route by which to evacuate. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent met some of the fleeing residents to assist with their evacuation. On May 31, in statements to the media, a spokesman from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said more than 3,500 people, mostly women and children, had managed to escape from al-Qusayr to a nearby town. A visiting emergency team found they were living in dire conditions and suffering from health problems as a result. Several thousand residents from al-Qusayr are also reported to have fled to Lebanon and registered with UNHCR there.
On May 30, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution that called on the Syrian government to allow free and unimpeded access by the United Nations and humanitarian agencies to all civilians affected by the violence, especially in Al Qusayr, through all effective routes, including by providing authorization for cross-border humanitarian operations as an urgent priority.
Under international humanitarian law, warring parties must allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for civilians in need. Denying civilians access to food and medical care is a serious violation of international humanitarian law, and intentionally attacking personnel, installations, material, units, or vehicles involved in relief efforts is a war crime.
The UN Security Council should urgently refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court, the body most capable of addressing serious violations by all parties in Syria, Human Rights Watch said. This would send a clear message that those responsible for attacks against civilians or captured combatants will be held to account. Concerned governments and inter-governmental bodies should urgently support this call to the Security Council.
Before the next massacre takes place, governments should urge the Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court, Whitson said. This should make it clear that those responsible for war crimes in Syria will be brought to justice, and head off future atrocities.
Other Reports
Syria conflict: Red Cross ‘alarmed’ over Qusair
Syrian doctor describes the worsening humanitarian situation in Qusair
The Red Cross has expressed alarm over the situation in the besieged Syrian town of Qusair, and has appealed for immediate access to deliver aid.
Thousands of civilians are believed to be trapped in the town, which lies close to the border with Lebanon.
The battle for control between pro-government forces and rebel fighters has made medical supplies, food and water scarce, the Red Cross says.
Russia has also reportedly blocked a UN “declaration of alarm” on Qusair.
The draft Security Council declaration, which was circulated by Britain, voiced “grave concern about the situation in Qusair, and in particular the impact on civilians of the ongoing fighting”.
Council statements such as these must be agreed unanimously.
However, a diplomat said Russia blocked the draft text because the UN had failed to speak out when Qusair was seized by rebels.
Trapped civilians
An opposition activist told the BBC on Friday that around 30,000 civilians were still in the town.
Rebel-held parts of Qusair are effectively blockaded by government forces and Hezbollah fighters.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement it was “alarmed” by reports of civilians trapped in Qusair and was prepared to enter the town immediately to deliver aid.
“Civilians and the wounded are at risk of paying an even heavier price as the fighting continues,” said the head of the ICRC’s operations in the region, Robert Mardini.
The UN secretary general’s office also appealed to the warring parties to allow residents to flee.
The BBC’s Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says the fact that both the UN and ICRC have issued urgent statements at the same time is an indication of how desperate they believe the situation has become.
Fighting in Qusair intensified last month with militants from Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese group, joining forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Reinforcements from the rebel Free Syrian Army are reported to have managed to break through from the north-east to support the embattled rebel fighters.
Some Lebanese Sunnis have also crossed into Syria to fight alongside the rebels, who are drawn largely from Syria’s majority Sunni community.
On Saturday, influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi called on Sunni Muslims from around the Middle East to join the battle against President Assad.
He told a rally in Doha that Iran and the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah, Mr Assad’s main allies, wanted to exterminate Sunnis.
Activists from the UK-based pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say rebels in Qusair are bracing themselves for another assault.
Fifteen Syrian army tanks have massed north of the town, says Rami Abdel Rahman, the observatory’s director.
“Regime forces are reinforcing the sites that they have north of the city, including Dabaa airport and Jawadiya,” he said.
Qusair, which lies 10 km from the Lebanese border, is considered a key logistical hub and supply route for weapons smuggled into Syria.
The town is also located near the main road connecting the city of Homs to the Syrian capital Damascus.
The BBC’s Ian Pannell hears from survivors of what Syrian opposition activists say was a “massacre” which killed 200 civilians in al-Bayda and Baniyas.
Supported by more than 4,000 Shia Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Army this week sealed off the rebel-held town of Qusair, a strategic crossroads for supplies about 15 kilometers from the border with Lebanon.
Early in the week Syrian government forces reportedly reclaimed nearby Dabaa air base. Several hundred members of the rebel Tawhid Brigade from Aleppo allegedly broke through a line of government forces on Friday to assist rebels defending the town. Some outside analysts predict, however, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad will re-take the town, trying to tip the balance of a stalemated two-year rebellion just weeks prior to proposed Geneva peace negotiations.
Known previously to the Middle East Voices Syria Witness project only as Sami, a former English teacher turned anti-Assad activist spoke to us via Skype, having recently decided to start using his real name, Rifaie Tammas.
Earlier this week, Tammas sent Middle East Voices a link to the following YouTube video through which he as a stand-up reporter attempted to demonstrate that Qusair at that point was neither in the hands of Syrian government forces nor Hezbollah fighters (the video record date and actual location cannot be independently confirmed).
Tammas reporting in English from Qusair (video upload date Monday, May 27, 2013)
In a Skype interview on Wednesday (an excerpted version is featured at the sound file below), Tammas described Qusair as a ghost town being defended by a few units of armed rebels against widespread and random government shelling as well as the advances of well-armed and battle-seasoned Hezbollah fighters sent from Lebanon to aid the Assad forces.
His recorded narrative, punctuated by the thunder of bombs and rockets, takes on a personal tone as Tammas described how family and friends have taken cover from the government shelling in basements of abandoned homes, and that many other Qusair residents have escaped to open farm fields outside the town.
Most of the Free Syria Army is on the front lines. As for civilians, most of them are trapped inside underground shelters, said he.
Tammas talked about the deaths of many friends and family in the last two years, and how he copes with those losses.
I just cant believe how many I have lost Every now and then I see a picture of them posted on FaceBook, that they were martyred (a common term used by Syrians for those killed in fighting ed.)
He was resentful that Lebanese militants would descend on Qusair which had housed and fed these fighters as brothers six years earlier in Hezbollahs conflict with Israeli forces.
We treated them like brothers and sisters, like family and now they come to you, they come to kill you.
Tammas was surprised that the Lebanese were so much more disciplined than Syrian troops, who he called cowards.
The regime soldiers, the militias, when you destroyed their tanks, they would run away, you chase them now, you destroy a tank, the Hezbollah still comes.
On the day of the interview, Tammas reported that one of his uncle had just died in the shelling of nearby residences. On the following day, he sent a message that his own father, a staunch anti-Assad Syrian who was hiding in a basement just a 10-minute walk from his own shelter, had been killed by another government rocket.
Thousands of civilians are trapped in the Syrian border town of Qusair amid heavy fighting says the United Nations Human Rights Chief. Syrian state TV journalist is killed in the violence.
Video purports to show damage, seconds after car-bomb blasts killed at least 40 in Turkey – NewsBreaker
11 May 2013 /TODAYSZAMAN.COM WITH WIRES, İSTANBUL
At least 40 people were killed and dozens of others were injured when explosions shook a Turkish town on Saturday near the border with Syria where mortar fire has in the past spilled over from Syrias civil war.
The death toll rose throughout the day as many of the injured were critically wounded. Interior Minister Muammer Gler told private NTV channel that the number of people who were killed in the blasts was 40. He added that at least 100 people were injured, 29 of them heavily injured.
Although initial reports said four blasts occurred near the municipality offices in the town of Reyhanlı in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, Gler said there were two blasts caused by two bomb-laden vehicles. He said the explosions occured near the municipality and post offices.
The minister added that they fear the number of casualties may increase. Health Minister Mehmet Mezzinoğlu said 15 ambulances were dispatched to the area.
Tensions ran high in the district after the blast with locals reportedly attacking Syrian-plated cars and Syrian refugees. Tensions have already been high in the district for a couple of weeks. Recently, Syrian youths got into a fight with Turkish youths in Reyhanlı, which hosts a large number of Syrian refugees. Following the fight, the Turkish group carried Turkish flags around the city and protested the presence of the Syrians.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed from Berlin that Turkey would act. Those who for whatever reason attempt to bring the external chaos into our country will get a response, he said. Davutoğlu called the incident an act of provocation, saying there may be some powers who want to sabotage peace in Turkey.
In initial comments, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said nearly 20 people died in the blast. We have around 20 dead and 46 people were injured, but we have to note that many of the injuries are severe, which means the death toll could unfortunately rise, Erdogan said in comments broadcast on Turkish television.
I would like to send a message to my brothers in Reyhanlı. We have recently launched a settlement process [to address the conflict in the southeast] and those who cannot digest this new period and the atmosphere of freedom in our country can be involved in such attacks.
Another sensitive issue is that Hatay province (where the explosions occurred) is on the border with Syria, these actions may have been taken to provoke those sensitivities, he said.
Erdoğan said this week that Turkey would support a US-enforced no-fly zone in Syria and warned that Damascus crossed President Barack Obamas red line on chemical weapons use long ago.
A no-fly zone to prohibit Syrian military aircraft from hitting rebel targets has been mentioned by American lawmakers as one option the United States could use to pressure Assad.
Erdoğan is due to meet Obama in Washington on May 16.
Violence has spilled over the border before.
In February, a minibus blew up at a border crossing near Reyhanlı, killing 14 people and wounding dozens more.
The Syrian opposition said one of its delegations appeared to have been the target of that attack, but there has been no confirmation of this from the Turkish authorities.
In October, five Turkish civilians were killed in Akakale when a mortar bomb fired from Syria landed on their house, prompting Turkey to fire back across the frontier.
Turkey is sheltering more than 300,000 Syrians, most of them in camps along the 900-km (560-mile) frontier, and is struggling to keep up with the influx. Todays Zaman
Blasts kill dozens in Turkish border town of Reyhanli
“Broken walls, dead birds and smoke still rising – Syrian TV broadcast new pictures from one night arenas attacked last night by Israel – According to foreign reports.
Firefighters look at a day continue to deal with the flames still coming from the wreckage site. Instead of the attack were chicken coops. Some continue to spin around, others paid with their lives. These photos taken on Mount Kasion, the seat of the many divisions of the Syrian army’s Fourth – soldiers guarding the President Assad.
One of the buildings damaged
Photo: Syrian TV
According to recent reports from Syria, Israel attacked three targets. In total four people were killed (in contrast to previous reports of hundreds) and 70 were injured. Syria claim that the Israeli attack helping rebel forces and organizations affiliated with al Qaeda.
Coop surviving
Photo: Syrian TV
Dead birds
Photo: Syrian TV
Israel keep on low heat
After more than 48 of the tension between Israel and Syria, Israel sends a “business as usual”: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took off in southwest China, almost as planned, after rejecting the flight two hours to convene the Cabinet.
Netanyahu’s decision to drive shifts the assessment of Israeli officials, that will not be the last Syrian response to attacks on its territory as endowed Israel. Assessment that the security situation does not deteriorate or sign up escalating the north.
At the same time, more information is obtained on the evening attack targets in Syria. Bombed shipment arrived on flights from Tehran to Damascus. The attack last night which included three goals were dozens of missiles Open -110.
Netanyahu flew to China as usual
Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO
PM Netanyahu convened a special meeting of his cabinet in the wake of tensions in the north. “This is a routine update meeting,” he said earlier in a political news web 2. “There is no room for interpretation and far-reaching.”
Netanyahu’s trip to China was planned long ago, if he had wished, he had a very difficult to undo it. Canceled last time traveling to China, the Chinese were outraged that very much, and for four years he refrained from defining meetings there.” – Ch 2 News Israel
Israel said to hit arms depot, first daylight images reveal
Times of Israel Elhanan MillerMay 5, 2013, 5:47 pm(local time)
IAF also struck a military-owned chicken coop in a site near Damascus that was 99% civilian, Hezbollah TV reports
Israel targeted Syrian air defense units as well as an arms and ammunition warehouse, Hezbollah TV station al-Manar claimed Sunday afternoon,broadcastingthe first daylight video images of the site northwest of Damascus that was hit overnight.
Israel attacked an arms warehouse in the Dimass area, 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of the capital Damascus, near the border with Lebanon, al-Manar reported. The video footage shows mortar shells and rockets scattered on the ground, as plumes of black smoke rise from the site amid the sound of exploding ammunition in the background.
The second site attacked by Israel, claimed the al-Manar website, was a chicken coop owned by the Syrian army, surrounded by military factories producing cement and tea. According to al-Manar, a number of soldiers and civilians were killed in the attack.
There are sensitive points we guard here, one soldier who witnessed the attack said. Suddenly the airplanes arrived. An older unidentified man in military uniform claimed that 99 percent of the area is civilian.
Assads deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad told CNN on Sunday that the Israeli attack on Syria was a declaration of war, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed his trip to China by two hours to discuss the developments in Syria with his cabinet.”- timesofisrael.com
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the night strikes.
This week, the Canadian Red Cross welcomed the president of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) in Ottawa. Dr. Abdul Rahman Attar met with Red Cross staff and partners to provide an update on the humanitarian crisis in Syria and to ask for additional support. This was a unique opportunity to learn more about the situation on the ground.
Since the conflict began two years ago, three million people have been displaced within Syria and hundreds of thousands more have taken refuge in neighbouring countries. That means families moving to neighbouring cities to live with family, in camps or seeking shelter in public buildings, sometimes moving more than once.
Through the efforts of SARC working with the World Food Program, the ICRC, the Federation and other NGOs, two million people are receiving aid consisting food and non-food items, as well as water, first aid and medical services from mobile clinics…
Two years after the outbreak of violence in Syria, humanitarian needs are greater than ever. Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the armed conflict and are struggling to survive hardship on a daily basis. They endure fierce fighting and a steady deterioration of living conditions, with no end in sight to their suffering.
”Hundreds are dying daily in Syria. Millions have been displaced inside the country while others have fled to neighboring countries to live in harsh conditions,
said Robert Mardini, Head of Operations for the Near and Middle East at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Tens of thousands are missing or detained. Families are desperately seeking their loved ones, with no information available as to their whereabouts. Health standards have fallen dramatically, medical facilities have been targeted and health workers killed, intimidated or detained while trying to save lives. Property and infrastructure have been severely damaged, leaving large areas in rubble.”
The fate and condition of people detained in connection with the armed conflict remains an issue of extreme concern for the ICRC. “Despite repeated attempts to resume our visits to detainees, very little has been achieved so far. Today, we have no first-hand information on the situation of detainees and this is very worrying for us. We will continue to seek concrete action from the Syrian authorities that will allow us to visit detainees. This remains one of our top priorities,” added Mardini.
“It is deplorable that high numbers of civilian casualties are now a daily occurrence to which people are unfortunately getting accustomed”, said Mardini.
“Many atrocities against civilians have been reported or witnessed over the past two years and we have also seen indiscriminate attacks against civilians and the targeting of health-care personnel and aid workers. These ongoing violations of international humanitarian law and of basic humanitarian principles by all sides must stop”.
The parties to the conflict have not come close to a political solution, nor has the international community succeeded in negotiating an end to this armed conflict. At the same time and despite huge efforts made by a handful of humanitarian organizations on the ground, the aid provided to the Syrian people is far from meeting the ever growing needs.
The ICRC along with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent are doing more than ever before. Working across front-lines, they are delivering aid to some of the hardest-hit opposition and government-controlled areas. In the last three weeks alone, they had access to three opposition-held areas and distributed assistance in Homs, Hama and Idlib governorates. “Over the last two years millions have received aid, but it is not enough. Needs are growing at a faster pace than our ability to respond. Security constraints and lack of access to some areas prevent us responding as we should do”.
“Today, we are not able to reach all the affected population. We very much believe that States should play a positive role by exerting stronger influence on those involved to secure greater respect for international humanitarian law. This would hopefully create an environment where impartial humanitarian action could take place in real time”, concluded Mr. Mardini.
Interview with Robert Mardini, Head of Operations for the Near and Middle East at the ICRC (TV news footage, broadcast quality: www.icrcvideonewsroom.org)
Two years of conflict inSyria
Posted on March 15, 2013 by Janice Babineau, East Coast blogger, @JaniceBabineau
Today marks the second anniversary of theoutbreak of violencein Syria.The ICRC reports that humanitarian needs are greater than everas civilians continue to bear the brunt of the on-going armed conflict. In this photo, people are gathered outside a warehouse where the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the ICRCdistributed food parcels to several thousandpeople.The ICRC also shared theseimages illustratingthedaily realityfor civilians in Syria.
“The situation in Syria is nothing short of catastrophic,”
announced ICRC director of operations Pierre Krhenbhl after a four-day visit to the country. Civilians are being killed and injured. Millions have been displaced and thousands have gone missing or been arrested.
Mr Krhenbhl was speaking at a press conference during which he and Walter Cotte (Under Secretary General for Programme Services at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) reported on their recent visit to the country.
This is a summary of the information that Mr Krhenbhl and Mr Cotte provided at that event
General situation
After two years, and with no end to the military confrontations in sight, the situation for the population is catastrophic. Civilians are being killed and injured. Millions have been displaced and thousands have gone missing or been arrested.
In areas of rural Damascus, property and infrastructure have been destroyed, adding to the misery of the Syrian people. ICRC teams carrying out fieldwork around the country speak of the despair of civilians who have had to flee time and time again as the frontlines shift.
Women and children have taken shelter in mosques, schools, sports centres and other public buildings. Many more struggle in parks and makeshift shelters. They survive for weeks on minimal support, often without electricity or running water.
Medical facilities and personnel continue to suffer acts of violence. There are widespread reports of patients arrested inside hospitals, of reprisals against doctors and nurses, of attacks on ambulances and of misuse of these vehicles. While it is difficult to verify every such act of violence, the pattern is widespread and is of grave concern.
Humanitarian operations in Syria are highly complex. There are numerous constraints, the most daunting being the extreme lack of security, the fluidity of the frontlines and the multiplicity of armed actors, including government security forces and various groups of the armed opposition.
What the ICRC and the SARC are doing
The ICRC has been able to carry out a significant number of field activities with its partner the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, and has also been able to carry out such work in areas under the control of the opposition.
In 2012, the ICRC and the SARC made over 100 trips to different parts of the country. We distributed food and hygiene parcels to 1.5 million people, many of them displaced, who had not had access to basic commodities or services since fleeing their homes.
Our water projects helped millions of people, in all provinces, regardless of where they were living. These projects included pipeline repairs carried out with local contractors in Aleppo, the installation of a generator in Homs, providing water for 800,000 people, and deliveries of water by road to IDP centres. Throughout the country, water chlorination has ensured that the water remained safe to drink.
In addition, we have been improving living conditions and water supplies at 99 centres, where 35,000 IDPs have taken refuge, in towns such as Aleppo, Homs, Sweida and Deir Ezzor.
We have also been distributing medical supplies at many locations around the country.
For the SARC, the change of pace has been dramatic. In Damascus, for instance the SARC coordination centre used to handle about 25 ambulance operations a day. That number has doubled to 50, which brings with it the need for increased resources. In addition to working with the ICRC, the National Society is providing psycho-social support, especially to children. The SARC has 11,000 highly committed, dedicated volunteers working on the ground, close to the community. Eight of them have paid for their dedication with their lives while on duty.
Challenges
Cross-border versus cross-line operations
There has been much debate in recent months about the impartiality of aid delivery and about other ways of reaching people in areas under opposition control. Cross-border operations have been suggested. The ICRC sees it as legitimate to look at different ways of ensuring that aid reaches those in need, but we have opted for cross-line operations. That does not mean that the ICRC excludes the possibility of cross-border operations, but we would only carry out such action with the agreement of all concerned the Syrian government, the opposition and the governments of the neighbouring countries concerned. Our recent visit to Al-Houleh has shown that we are able to cross frontlines to bring aid.
Mounting cross-line operations is challenging, not least because as in every conflict neither side is keen to see us crossing into the area held by their enemy. But this is our way of providing humanitarian aid, building acceptance and trying to reach the regions most affected. In my meetings with the Syrian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hossam Alaa Eddine), I emphasized how important it was for the ICRC and SARC to have better access to all regions with urgent needs, including those under opposition control.
Need to expand operations
After a difficult period between July and October 2012, where field movements were extremely limited, the number of ICRC/SARC teams accessing delicate regions has been on the rise again over the past four months. At the end of January, we were able to deliver aid to Al-Houleh, a locality under control of the opposition, and that is a sign of improvement. I have come back from Syria convinced that we can and must expand our operations in the coming weeks and months and that we can and must build on our increasing presence in the most delicate regions, including those under opposition control.
Detainee welfare
Detention visits have not progressed as we would have wished over the last six months.
The ICRC has carried out two visits since 2011, to the central prisons in Aleppo and Damascus. That was good, but it is not enough. Of course, some places of detention are in areas too dangerous for us to enter. But this limited access means that there is no monitoring of the situation of detainees. That would be very worrying in any armed conflict and it is certainly a serious concern in Syria.
During his meeting at the Foreign Ministry, Mr Krhenbhl requested concrete action from the authorities on a plan of visits to several prisons over the coming weeks, based on the commitment they had made and reconfirmed at that meeting. It is vital that the ICRC be able to resume prison visits quickly, in order to ensure effective monitoring of conditions and treatment in accordance with the standard procedures that the ICRC applies worldwide. The ICRC will continue to press the Syrian authorities on this issue in the coming days.
Finally, there is the devastating impact of attacks on medical facilities, health personnel, etc. We have recently heard about an incident in the north of Syria, in which wounded people were arrested inside a hospital and medical staff were later killed because they were suspected of having supplied the information that led to the arrests. Incidents like this are turning what used to be an efficient health system into a wasteland in parts of the country. Some hospitals have been taken over by armed groups and many dedicated doctors and nurses have fled the most dangerous areas.
The future
Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict, many have asked whether working inside Syria is not a case of mission impossible, fraught with constraints and risks of being instrumentalized. There is a need to step up the collective humanitarian response significantly, and the ICRC and the SARC are working on that. There have been comments to the effect that the ICRC is naïve to believe it can mount a truly impartial operation from inside Syria with outreach to civilians on all sides. The ICRC accepts that this debate keeps us on our toes and that there are many dilemmas. But we have always preferred the dilemmas associated with being present, with trying to reach as many people as possible. And the ICRC is doing exactly that.
“Volunteering with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent is a commitment. Shifts are long, and the work is hard and dangerous.”
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Volunteering with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent is a commitment. Shifts are long, and the work is hard and dangerous. Most of the Red Crescents first aid volunteers are in their 20s, and many are juggling university studies along with their duties.
Volunteers are trained by the Red Crescent for a year before they are qualified to join a first aid unit. Despite the conflict, the Red Crescent has been able to continue recruiting and training first aid and psychosocial support volunteers.
Although their job is often a dangerous one, volunteers speak about their work with passion and dedication.
Leen
BRC
First aid volunteer Leen, 23, is training to be a pharmacist. In between studying, she finds time to volunteer at the Syrian Arab Red Crescents Damascus branch two days a week. She felt that due to her studies she could contribute more in first aid.
Leen joined two years ago, following the example of her sister also a volunteer. She says: My family have been very worried about me, and didnt want me to join the first aid team in the first place. But they couldnt stop me. Now they continue to worry, but they are supportive.
When asked what her friends think of her volunteering with the Red Crescent, she looks sad: Many of my friends have left Syria for Dubai, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. I cant blame them, its hard staying here when its like this.
Hundreds of thousands of people have now fled the fighting in Syria, seeking safety in neighbouring countries.
Ousman
BRC
Also 23 years old, Ousman has been a volunteer first aider in Damascus for nine months now. He is a fifth year medical student. He goes to class in the morning, and comes to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in the afternoon. He studies at the station while his unit is on standby, in a small library set aside for the volunteers.
Ousman says: We want to help. We dont want to see pain and just sit back and be helpless. We want to do something. Its a wonderful thing to save someones life.
Asked why he joined the Red Crescent, he replies: Joining the Syrian Arab Red Crescent was the only opportunity to practice first aid as a volunteer. I benefit from the experience too. When friends and family heard of my involvement, many wanted to join.
Since Ousman joined the Red Crescent, five of his friends and two family members have also started volunteering here.
Neutrality is invaluable
Until a wide-reaching publicity campaign two years ago, the Syrian Arab Red Crescents first aid and ambulance service was not widely known about by the general Syrian population. However, as violence has escalated, the Red Crescents neutrality has meant that people often call on the service for help.
Executive director of the Red Crescents Damascus Branch, Khaled Ereksoussi, said: We made a big effort to publicise our services, and increase our visibility so that people knew the Syrian Arab Red Crescent emergency number 133. Now people call us when they need first aid services because they know they can trust us to not take sides.
The Damascus branch service now has 18 ambulances, and is sometimes contacted by both sides in the conflict to evacuate injured people and take them for treatment.
BRC
Dangerous work
Safe access for the first aid volunteers is the priority, and this must be secured before any aid can be dispatched. The chief radio dispatch volunteer in the Damascus operations room explains: Ambulances have to radio in after each check point to report back, so that those behind them know the situation on the road.
If there is trouble anywhere, we can make sure the vehicles and ambulances behind dont drive straight into it. Our ambulances are our ears and eyes on the streets, and the information keeps us as safe as possible.
Sadly, despite these precautions, the intensity of the violence in Syria makes the job a dangerous one. Eight Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers have now died while carrying out their duties.
In the Damascus branch, there are two small dormitories one for women, one for men. These were intended as places in which volunteers could rest while on duty. However, in recent months, the dormitories have become somewhere for volunteers to sleep when long shifts are required during times of acute fighting, or when the danger outside means they cant go home.
Outbreaks of hepatitis A and other diseases spread by poor hygiene are now becoming problems among Syrians displaced by the civil war, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
(Photo: unmultimedia.org) Syrian refugees
It is one of at least four United Nations agencies seeking to add a new sense of urgency to the humanitarian crisis afflicting the country.
Further aggravating the health of Syrians, the organization said, is a breakdown in the delivery of safe water throughout the country; the closing of at least one-third of Syria’s public hospitals; an exodus of doctors; and an acute shortage of ambulances, many of them damaged by fighting or impounded by the military or insurgent forces for use in combat.
The warning was delivered in a telephone briefing by Elizabeth Hoff, the health organization’s representative in Damascus, the Syrian capital.
It came a day after another United Nations organization, Unicef, announced an ambitious program to provide chlorination supplies to treat water for more than 10 million people in Syria, about half the population – another indication of the magnitude of the water problem.
The spread of hepatitis A, a serious and highly contagious liver disease, can be prevented with a vaccine. The virus is spread by close personal contact and sharing food and drinking water. Ms. Hoff and other officials said the problem was the worst in the crowded communal shelters for people displaced by the conflict.
A third United Nations agency, the World Food Program, announced at a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, that it was accelerating food delivery to as many as 2.5 million people in government- and rebel-held areas of Syria.
But the agency acknowledged that its ability to distribute the food was becoming increasingly tenuous.
“There is a security issue,” Etienne Labonde, an agency representative, told reporters in Beirut.
“We have to protect our staff on the ground, but the team in Syria is doing everything it can to deliver aid to all areas. Of course, there will always be pockets they can’t reach.”
The developments came as the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the agency that manages the administering of aid in Syria, warned that “the catastrophic humanitarian situation continues to deepen,” and that violence threatened to increase the number of Syrians dependent on international aid.
Wednesday, 06 February, 2013 at 04:21 (04:21 AM) UTC RSOE
The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Sunday it now considers the conflict in Syria a civil war, meaning international humanitarian law applies throughout the country.
The Geneva-based group’s assessment is an important reference that helps parties in a conflict determine how much and what type of force they can or cannot use.
ICRC spokesman Hicham Hassan said Sunday that the humanitarian law now applies wherever hostilities are taking place in Syria, where fighting has spread beyond the hotspots of Idlib, Homs and Hama.
International humanitarian law grants parties to a conflict the right to use appropriate force to achieve their aims. But attacks on civilians and abuse or killing of detainees can constitute war crimes.
The declaration came as Syria denied U.N. claims that government forces used heavy weapons during a military operation that has brought widespread international condemnation against President Bashar Assad’s regime. – MSNBC
Basic rules of International Humanitarian Law
Persons hors de combat (outside of combat) and those not taking part in hostilities shall be protected and treated humanely.
It is forbidden to kill or injure an enemy who surrenders or who is hors de combat.
The wounded and sick shall be cared for and protected by the party to the conflict which has them in its power. The emblem of the “Red Cross,” or of the “Red Crescent,” shall be required to be respected as the sign of protection.
Captured combatants and civilians must be protected against acts of violence and reprisals. They shall have the right to correspond with their families and to receive relief.
No one shall be subjected to torture, corporal punishment or cruel or degrading treatment.
Parties to a conflict and members of their armed forces do not have an unlimited choice of methods and means of warfare.
Parties to a conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants. Attacks shall be directed solely against military objectives.
As the armed conflict in Syria escalates and takes a heavy toll on civilians, the ICRC is appealing to all parties to the conflict to fully respect the rules and principles of international humanitarian law, which is commonly known as the laws of war.
New York, 6 April 2012 – Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Syria
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the latest escalation of violence. He deplores the assault by the Syrian authorities against innocent civilians, including women and children, despite the commitments by the Government of Syria to cease all use of heavy weapons in population centres.
The 10 April timeline to fulfill the Government’s implementation of its commitments, as endorsed by the Security Council, is not an excuse for continued killing.
Such actions violate the consensus position of the Security Council, as expressed in its Presidential Statement of 5 April, for a peaceful political settlement to the Syrian crisis to be ushered by full implementation of all aspects of the Joint Special Envoy’s six-point proposal.
The Secretary-General is gravely concerned at the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, which is now affecting more than one million people. The latest reports of growing numbers of refugee arrivals in neighboring countries are alarming. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, H.E. Dr. Ahmet Davutoglu, informed the Secretary-General about the stream of refugees arriving in Turkey in their telephone conversation last night.
The Syrian authorities remain fully accountable for grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. These must stop at once.
The Secretary-General demands that the Government of Syria immediately and unconditionally cease all military actions against the Syrian people.
He reiterates that it is the responsibility of the Syrian authorities to now deliver on what they have promised, and to implement, fully and unconditionally, all the commitments under the six-point plan of Joint Special Envoy Annan.
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Massacre ‘proof’
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