In this BBC article titled "Growing suffering of Syria's besieged civilians" gives an overview to the Syrian civilians living in the rebel areas and the troubles they face. This is happening due to the Syrian government taking siege in the rebel areas of Damascus and Homs. Millions are trapped and starvation is taking place around the area. The article says that electricity has been cut and no food, medicine or gas can enter the town in these areas. As one Syrian army officer told the BBC: "They either surrender or starve." So far they are not surrendering.I feel that this is a great article to show how the civilians of Damascus are struggling to cope with the ongoing conflicts around the area. Not only is this a political and military struggle but also the many citizens of Syria. Many of the weapons and facilities are still gone but peace for the people is still far away. It's is a good article to raise awareness of how the ongoing conflicts in Syria affects their people.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25240296
I found this article really eye opening and I learned a lot more about what goes on for the civilians. I agree that this isn’t just a political or militray issue, it has spread to the innocent people, including women and children. One of the civilian comments that they didn’t even see a loaf of bread for nine months and have to live off of olives, leaves, etc. That must be so horrific to have to search for food, not just for themselves, but for their entire family. It always shocks me that such horrible things can be going on and the political powers in that area and beyond don’t do anything to help end it. How can Assad sit back and watch so many people lose so much. Also, the whole “they even surrender or they starve” comment and how they haven’t surrendered yet shows how much passion they must have for this revolution to not just surrender. These civilians obviously want Assad out of power bad enough for so many people to die. I really liked this article because it showed another side of the chemical attacks that haven’t really been posted, which is the civilians side to the story. From this class we’ve learned how important it is to look at all the sides to a conflict and make sure we can get more of the story, so I felt this was a good article to bring another point of view
ReplyDeleteI agree. This is a good article that shows that the real cost of war is not the money spent and lost, but the suffering of the citizens. It is a shame that so many people had to leave their homes and country, but it is even worse for the people who stayed behind and have to deal with the consequences of war.
ReplyDeleteThe part about the mother trying to shield her kids from the disaster going on stuck out to me. It really shows how strong these people are. I hope that this situation can be resolved as soon as possible so the innocent people of Syria can begin rebuilding their lives.