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Syrian Children Who Need Limbs, Love, and Help

Palmyra Relief’s founder and trustee, Mohammed Antabli is currently traveling in Turkey with his wife and fellow trustee, Franca Fiabane, meeting Syrian refugee families whose children have lost limbs as a result of the war in Syria.  Here are just a few of the many children they have met in the last few days, children we hope we can soon help through Palmyra Relief’s support.

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Why the U.S. Should Care About the Crisis in Syria

ASyrian-flagrticle from Nader Hashemi at the CNN site. A quote:

Over the past three years, we have witnessed state-sanctioned war crimes and crimes against humanity replete with chemical weapons, barrel bombs, the targeting of children, mass rape, a refugee crisis and according to a new report “industrial-scale” torture and killings. Indeed, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has described Syria as “a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history.”

Read the article now.