The nearly two-year conflict in Syria has taken tens of thousands of lives, destroyed entire neighbourhoods and sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing. But more quietly, it has also eaten away at the country’s healthcare system.
UN agencies in Syria are relocating and restricting movement of staff due to rising insecurity that is getting closer to the capital.
After a two-day blackout, internet services resumed in Syria on Saturday, and a “spontaneous campaign of solidarity with the silenced Syrian people” began to make waves on the internet as “This is Damascus” or “هنا_دمشق”.
As of 12:26pm today, the entire internet across Syria has gone dark, with the country already ravaged by civil war…
One of the primary arguments against arming the Syrian rebels is that their lack of organization and centralized command means that the weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist militants and terrorists in their ranks.