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Remembering the devastation and suffering in Syria

All too sadly, and as is often the case, what was news yesterday gets lost in the mists of time as the media moves on to the latest & newest disaster, or whatever.     A few weeks ago the plight of the Syrians was front-page news.   Now it's the events in the Ukraine.    One major difference between these 2 news stories is that the people of Syria continue to endure untold hardship.     Witness the photo below and the accompanying report - even if now some 12 days "old".

           
Residents wait to receive food aid distributed by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus
From The Age newspaper:

"Scared and desperate, their bodies ravaged with hunger, a heartbreaking tide of people  crowds into the space between the devastated buildings of Yarmouk in Syria in the hope they will receive a UN food parcel that will stave off death for another week.

Many have already starved to death in Yarmouk, once home to 160,000 Palestinian refugees and an unknown number of Syrians. After three years of war, that number has dwindled to around 18,000, the United Nations says, with many fleeing to other countries or displaced within Syria itself.


On the outskirts of Syria’s capital, Damascus, Yarmouk has been under  bombardment for almost a year, its residents hiding in rubble as aid groups struggle to negotiate access to the area."


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