Above: Some photographs sent on from daily life at the front. Jamie Goldrick chats to an Irish volunteer who traveled East to volunteer with the YPG in the fight against ISIS. He chats about his motivations, life in Rojava and the realities of day-to-day life on the front-lines in Syria. Can you describe your immediate surroundings right now as you type this? I’m sat on the veranda of a building … Read More
What Do The People Want?
Above: Joseph Daher, author and activist who has a new work coming out on Pluto Press. Then a solidarity demonstration outside the GPO some weeks ago. Syria fills our screens and timelines with the results of sieges, Russian jets and barrel bombs leveling Aleppo and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the far-right is on the rise in many European countries, as they scapegoat those fleeing this hell . Rabble’s Shane Ragbags talks … Read More
Terrifying Path To Freedom.
Sky News Journalist Alex Crawford and camera crew join fleeing Syrians as they escape Turkey for the relative peace of the Greek island of Lesbos. The ten minute video shows the situation in Turkey as people smugglers and market sellers have turned the flight from Syria into a regularised business. It also shares the terror for refugees crossing that final hurdle as the Turkish coast guard appears and fires live … Read More
German Heartbreakers.
Watch: Hundreds of migrants and refugees are greeted with cheers and singing in Germany after an epic journey https://t.co/R4vrVRduXg — Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) September 6, 2015 Hundreds of refugees were welcomed by crowds of cheering Germans. The crowds clapped, distributed gifts and food and sang: “Sing it loud. Sing it clear. Refugees are welcome here.” Read about the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon via the Guardian here.
European Trains Bound For Camps.
All Europeans taken off train. Refugees realising they're not going to Austria. Riot police stop anyone getting off. pic.twitter.com/i1tHiq5mRv — James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) September 3, 2015 Refugees now being cleared from train one carriage at a time. Being corralled through an underpass. V unhappy. — James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) September 3, 2015 Behind the riot police 100+ refugees have been corralled. Say the won't be taken to camps. Rest held on … Read More
No One Is Illegal.
A Syrian family arrested by Hungarian police as they tried to cross the border from Serbia. More Reuters images here. Visit the Europe Says Oxi page for more.
Refugee Crisis
Palestinian refugees queue for food in Yarmouk Refugee Camp, Syria. “I am deeply disturbed and shaken by what I observed today. The Palestine refugees with whom I spoke were traumatized by what they have lived through, and many were in evident need of immediate support, particularly food and medical treatment. What I have seen and heard today underlines the timeliness of the UN Security Council resolution 2139 on … Read More
UN Aid Convoy Attacked In Syria
An aid convoy bringing supplies into the the central Syrian city of Homs has come under mortar and gunfire, leaving one driver injured. The UN is overseeing efforts to deliver food, water and medicine by truck to some 3,000 civilians in rebel-held areas. The Red Crescent aid convoy first came under mortar attack and later as it drove through one street it came under fire. Most reports online, carrying … Read More
Joy Amid The Horror
A brief moment of joy amid the horror of life in Syria. A toddler is rescued from the rubble of a residential block destroyed by an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria yesterday. ( via Mark)
Outside Syrian Peace Talks
Outside the Syrian Peace Talks in Geneva (Montreux to be precise) pro-Assad and anti-Assad supporters clash. Follow Jenan Moussa for Syria news on Twitter.
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