| Posted By |
Message |
ohbaby08
Winter is Coming
Member since 10/07 1718 total posts
Name:
|
Russia/Aleppo
This morning Reince Priebus said that Trump is not sure whether he is keeping sanctions on Russia.
This comes the morning after 82 civilians were massacred on the spot by Assad and Russian forces.
This is an atrocity.
|
Posted 12/13/16 9:45 AM  |
| |
|
Long Island Weddings
Long Island's Largest Bridal Resource |
|
|
Re: Russia/Aleppo
There are children trapped in the rubble too. Horrible.
The Sec of State nominee has a personal relationship with Putin. They are playing with fire.
|
| Posted 12/13/16 9:52 AM |
| |
|
ohbaby08
Winter is Coming
Member since 10/07 1718 total posts
Name:
|
Russia/Aleppo
He was awarded their highest civilian honor! FFS
|
| Posted 12/13/16 10:02 AM |
| |
|
|
|
Re: Russia/Aleppo
Posted by MrsProfessor
There are children trapped in the rubble too. Horrible.
The Sec of State nominee has a personal relationship with Putin. They are playing with fire.
I cannot handle Aleppo and the Syrian babies. My heart literally makes me cry as soon as I see these kids.
|
| Posted 12/13/16 10:04 AM |
| |
|
mnmsoinlove
Mommy to 2 sweet girls!
Member since 3/09 8585 total posts
Name:
Melissa
|
Re: Russia/Aleppo
It's absolutely heart wrenching. 
|
| Posted 12/13/16 10:35 AM |
| |
|
klingklang77
kraftwerk!
Member since 7/06 11489 total posts
Name:
Völlig losgelöst
|
Re: Russia/Aleppo
This is an awful situation. My heart is breaking and I just feel so helpless.
I don't know where to begin. How can this be happening and the international community can't seem to do anything. I get it's a complicated situation with al-Assad, the Rebels and Daesh, al-Nusra, etc. but at this point something needs to happen.
And the rest of the world and their hatred for the refugees. That sickens me.
What's going to happen now? It seems like nothing can even be done at this point. We are just sitting and watching the slaughter. Way to go humanity.
|
| Posted 12/14/16 6:10 AM |
| |
|
MC09
arrrghhh!!!!
Member since 2/09 5674 total posts
Name:
Me speaks pirate!
|
Re: Russia/Aleppo
The images of those poor children 
|
| Posted 12/14/16 10:34 AM |
| |
|
GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
Name:
Shawn
|
Re: Russia/Aleppo
The ceasefire failed already...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/14/505520902/planned-evacuation-of-east-aleppo-has-stalled-thousands-still-trapped
A cease-fire in besieged eastern Aleppo appears to have fallen apart, blocking a planned evacuation of civilians and insurgents trapped in the war zone.
It's difficult to confirm exactly how many civilians remain in the small slice of Aleppo still controlled by rebel groups, but estimates put the number in the tens of thousands.
A cease-fire, essentially a surrender by rebel groups, was negotiated by Turkey and Russia and announced Tuesday. Under the agreement, civilians were supposed to be evacuated to safety, but that deal has collapsed.
"So far nobody has been evacuated," The New York Times reporter Anne Barnard tells NPR. "The first convoy that attempted to leave was stopped by the Iranian-backed Shiite militias that have been helping the Syrian government on the ground. It seems that Iran and the Syrian government were not pleased that Turkey and Russia struck a deal without them."
In addition to the evacuations being halted, warfare and shelling has also resumed in the region, The Associated Press reports:
"Syrian activists say fighter jets have resumed bombing raids over remaining rebel areas in eastern Aleppo, further imperiling a cease-fire deal for the city.
"Media activist Mahmoud Raslan says the aircraft bombed the rebel Ansari district in the city on Wednesday.
"He says that the aircraft 'began to strike as if there's no such thing as a "cease-fire" or "evacuation of civilians." '
"Raslan says the bombing is a de facto announcement that 'they are going to kill us all.' "
Opposition-leaning monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that shelling and airstrikes on eastern Aleppo have restarted, and rebel groups have also resumed shelling government-held territory, NPR's Alison Meuse reports.
|
| Posted 12/14/16 1:36 PM |
| |
|
klingklang77
kraftwerk!
Member since 7/06 11489 total posts
Name:
Völlig losgelöst
|
Re: Russia/Aleppo
New ceasefire
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/14/aleppo-ceasefire-syria-civilians-evacuate
|
| Posted 12/14/16 6:43 PM |
| |
|
LIRascal
drama. daily.
Member since 3/11 7287 total posts
Name:
Michelle
|
Russia/Aleppo
It is just atrocious, and everyone is standing by, unable to do much. Heartbreaking 
I just read an article that is reminiscent of the 1990's where we first heard about the plight of Afghani women under the Taliban.
ETA: Link to the article
Message edited 12/14/2016 11:44:31 PM.
|
| Posted 12/14/16 11:43 PM |
| |
|
