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leaveobashar: The aftermath of a SCUD missile attack by Assad’s forces against the neighborhood of Hamra in Aleppo, Syria. Among the 50+ people killed, 34 of the dead are children. 

leaveobashar:

The aftermath of a SCUD missile attack by Assad’s forces against the neighborhood of Hamra in Aleppo, Syria.

Among the 50+ people killed, 34 of the dead are children. 

leaveobashar:

Heartbreaking account from children living in Homs, Syria … 

If this doesn’t make you  cry, you have no heart

leaveobashar:

****MASSACRE*** THIS IS AS HORRIBLE AS IT COMES. ASSAD’S FORCES SHELL A BUSY STREET. Aleppo (Bustan Al Qasr): Dec 3, 2012 - The scene is horrific by any measure, even when comparing it to other massacres in Syria, which is now not only a daily occurrence, but one that happens several times a day across the entire country.

As the cameraman approaches the scene we see body after body of people on the ground. Some are dead, some are dying and some are injured. Chaos ensues as locals try to help the injured. There are no ambulances, fire trucks, police, paramedics or rescue crews coming. Assad forbids them.

As we see more blood and more body and more limbs we come across a man who is still alive, he rolls from his back to his stomach on top of broken glass, he raises his hands in the air and almost attempt to get up, he is probably deep in shock and does not realize that both of his legs have been blown off. With the lack of proper medical facilities in Aleppo, he will most likely die from his injuries as there are not enough doctors and not nearly enough medicine or equipment to treat the injured.

As long as the world watches silently … As long as Russia is allowed to feed the massacre machine known as Assad’s army … As long as ‘humanity’ allows this to happen … then innocent Syrians will die a painful, miserable and agonizing death every single day. 

This is a video of the aftermath as an activist explains what happens (video here)

This video was taken this past Friday (Nov 30th) when they came out to protest despite the shelling (video here)

Thanks @tweets4peace

Mar15,

When Iran says they want a peaceful resolution

akhyasouria:

First:
 

then:
 

requested by Iradeh 

leaveobashar: There used to lie a neighborhood called Baba Amr here in Homs City …. this is what’s left after Assad’s forces were done with it. Thanks @SYRIAslyJana

leaveobashar:

There used to lie a neighborhood called Baba Amr here in Homs City …. this is what’s left after Assad’s forces were done with it.

Thanks

Cartoon by Emad Hajaj

Cartoon by Emad Hajaj

Sign reads: “After the elections, the people will live in prosperity [رخاء. ruhaa’]” Man: “I feel there’s been a switch between two letters in the last word” The word khara (خراء), shit in Arabic, is produced by switching between the first two letters of the word. Via @BSyria

Sign reads: “After the elections, the people will live in prosperity [رخاء. ruhaa’]”

Man: “I feel there’s been a switch between two letters in the last word”

The word khara (خراء), shit in Arabic, is produced by switching between the first two letters of the word.

Via @BSyria

سوريّة رح تبقى - Syria Will Remain / Door Band

New revolutionary song from a Damascus-based band.

At our children’s cry, shadowed by scaffolds,
we heard not the world’s furor.
For you has chosen us out of all nations,
you loved us and favored.
For you have chosen us of all nations,
of Norwegians, Czechs and Britons.
As they march toward scaffolds,
Jewish children of reason,
they know their blood shan’t be reckoned among the rest,
they just call to the mother ‘turn away your face’.
…
God of our forefathers… we knew
that you chose among all other children
to be killed before your holy seat.
And you gather our blood in ewers
because it has no gatherer but you.
And you smell it like the smell of flowers,
and collect it with a kerchief,
and you will ask for it of the killers,
and of those who kept silent too.

Nathan Alterman - Of All The Nations, 1942

Full Hebrew original

leaveobashar:

Omar Offendum | #SYRIA (Prod. by Sami Matar) - Excellent track in support of the Syrian Revolution by one of the best independent hip hop artists in the Middle East. 

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

#SYRIA (MP3 Download) — http://soundcloud.com/sami-matar/syria-omar-offendum-sami-matar 

#SYRIA (lyrics+links) — http://offendum.blogspot.com/2012/03/syria.html