Monday, January 14, 2013

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 14, 2013



Syria Facing Catastrophe As Doctors Are Murdered To Stop Wounded Getting Treated And Up To A Million Flee The Nation -- Daily Mail

* The International Rescue Committee describes the level of rape and sexual violence occurring in the conflict as 'horrific'
* UN: More than 60,000 have been killed in the uprising since March 2011
* At least 2million people are thought be internally displaced within Syria

As the death toll continues to grow steadily in Syria, an aid agency working in the conflict zone has said that doctors are being murdered to stop wounded getting treated.

In a report released by International Rescue Committee's Commission on Syrian Refugees, they said that partner organisations which provide emergency medical services and supplies say the health care system has been decimated.

Physicians described 'intimidation, torture and the targeted killing of doctors and other medical staff in retribution for treating the wounded'.

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More News On The Syrian Civil War

Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Syrian military attacks near Damascus kill 45 -- USA Today
Syria government warplanes pound Damascus suburbs; More than 30, including 7 kids, reportedly killed -- CBS/AP
Air strike near Damascus kills 20: opposition activists -- Reuters
Syrian activists say an airstrike on Damascus suburb kill 13 people, including 8 children -- Washington Post/AP
21 children killed in Syria in single day; growing calls for war crimes probe -- Globe and Mail/AFP
Syria Launches Deadly Airstrikes in Damascus Suburbs -- New York Times
100 killed in Syria on Sunday — watchdog
-- Gulf News/AFP
HRW says Syria using rockets to spread cluster bombs -- Daily Star/AFP
Egypt-made cluster munitions used in Syria: HRW -- Ahram Online
Egypt denies making 'cluster bombs' for Syria -- Ahram Online
Civilians Suffer Intense Bombing In Syria's Idlib Province -- Scoop
Syria rebels seize 'game-changing' arms cache -- Al Ajzeera
Six Months Of Combat, And No Victor In Syria's Biggest City -- NPR

Syria war envelops region in "staggering" crisis: aid agency -- Reuters
Report: Syria is a protracted aid crisis -- UPI
Middle East faces refugee ‘catastrophe’, says report -- Scotsman
Report: Rape A 'Major Reason' Refugees Flee Syria -- Christian Science Monitor/Reuters
Sexual Violence Forcing Syrians to Flee Abroad, IRC Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Sexual violence is big problem in Syria, IRC says -- Global Post
Syrian war refugees flee sexual violence: aid agency -- Reuters
Rape a 'Weapon of War' in Syria -- Newser
Syria conflict causing 'staggering' humanitarian crisis -- BBC
Saudi Arabia to aid Jordan with Syrian refugees -- Jerusalem Post
Number of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon surges to 200,000 -- Ya Liban
A Desert Cold and Wet Multiplies the Misery of Syrian Refugees
-- New York Times
Syrian refugees endure plunging temperatures -- BBC
Fleeing Violence, Syrian Refugees Weather A Cruel Winter -- NPR

Russia says Assad exit must not be condition for peace
-- China Daily
Russia’s FM calls on Syrian opposition to propose 'own' peace plan -- RT
Lavrov Calls On Syrian Opposition To Respond To Assad Proposals -- Radio Free Europe

International Effort Aims to Refer Syria to ICC -- Voice of America
57 nations demand UN order Syria war crimes case -- Gulf News/AFP
UN Security Council: Heed Call for Justice in Syria -- Human Rights Watch

Pilgrim's tale: identity of Iranians kidnapped in Syria begins to emerge -- The Guardian
Assad still confident that he can control Syria -- Washington Post
Mission impossible? Creating the 'Syria of the future' right now -- Jill Dougherty, CNN
Syria: Worst is yet to come -- YNet
Protection of Minorities Must Be Priority in Post-Assad Syria -- Christian Post
Syria: A jihadi paradise -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times

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