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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Deaths in Detention in the Syrian Arab Republic 

http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/CoISyria/A-HRC-31-CRP1_en.pdf

This report is an extensive documentation of the horrors within Syrian prisons. I would like to point out however, that although this report focuses on incidents between March 10, 2011 and November 30, 2015; this has been Syria's reality for decades. This is not something that started because of the Arab Spring, or the uprising in Syria. Systematic murder, rape, and torture such as detailed in the report have been going on since the reign of Hafez Al Assad. 
Syrian refugees in the West

George RR Martin Has a Message for Everyone Who Has a Problem With Syrian Refugees

The Paris attacks have spurred intense debate worldwide over the fate of Syrian refugees in Europe and the United States. Now that Daesh has shown what it is capable of, many fear that Daesh is looking to further its interests in the West by sending operatives disguised as refugees. Anti-immigration protests have spread across Europe, and in the U.S the subject is being heavily among politicians. Presidential candidates have weighed of both parties have weighed in on the matter, and a bill was recently passed in the House of Representatives that is meant to hinder the flow of Syrians into the United States. This bill opposes Obama's plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees within the next year. Many believe that the planned 18-month screening/vetting process is not enough to dismiss the security risks refugees may pose. 

Jessie Jane Duff and Noor Tagouri debate Syrian refugees (WTTG/screen grab)

I am disappointed to see my fellow Americans dismissing the lives of thousands of Syrians in the name of, "security risk". I am disappointed to see people like Jane Duff, a military analyst, claim that American women will be raped and beheaded should we allow refugees in the United States. I am disappointed that more than half of the America's governors vehemently oppose resettling Syrian refugees in their states. As journalist Noor Tagouri and numerous others have said, this is the precise response that Daesh was hoping to generate. Fear, suspicion, and antipathy to people who have lived through years of war, and whose lives have been uprooted. 

 Contrary to popular belief, only 2% of Syrian refugees are young "fighting age" males. However, 100% are looking for a better situation; a safe place with opportunity and resources to make a life for themselves.

 The debate began as a result of reports that one of the attackers was found with a Syrian passport, a claim which later proved to be false. The Paris attackers were eventually identified as French nationals, with no apparent ties to the Syrian refugees. 

Russian attacks continue. Over 403 Syrian civilians reported dead as a result of the campaign


According to the Syrian Observatory, more more than 400 Syrian civilians have been killed as a result of Russian airstrikes on ISIS. SOHR reports that, of the 400 dead, 97 were children. Russia has recently escalated strikes on Syria in the wake of the Paris attacks, and does not plan on reducing Russian military action in Syria any time soon, according to President Putin. 

Bound: The full seven minute video actually begins by showing a group of men wearing orange jumpsuits being led into a desert clearing. They are then locked in an Opel car, which is destroyed by a grenade launcher

Moments from death: The as-yet-unnamed victims were filmed sitting in the locked car before it is destroyed





Smoke: The car is seen in flames meaning the badly injured victims are likely to have burned to death

Lowered: Standing up straight with their legs bound, the men look reasonably calm until the moment the cage is slowly lowered into the pool by the depraved Islamic State militants

Sickening: Filmed in the ISIS stronghold of Mosul, the horrific seven minute long video uses expensive underwater cameras to film the terrified men as they sink below the surface with no hope of escape





These images from the Daily Mail are from a new video uploaded by the extremist group Daesh. The first set of pictures a group of prisoners being executed by being locked in a car, which Daesh members then detonated with a grenade launcher. The second set of images is execution of a group of 5 prisoners who were lowered into a luxury swimming pool, and kept underwater until they drowned.

Below are images of Daesh placing explosive necklaces around their necks, which are then subsequently detonated.

The prisoners are accused of spying, and conspiring against Daesh. It is truly sickening to watch. The victims were forced to confess to the crimes, and then were promptly executed.

You can watch the video HERE. Warning: it is graphic.

According to multiple sources, this attack took place on January 25th of this year. A Yazidi militia attacked two Sunni villages in northern Iraq, killing 21 civilians and abducting 40 more. The militia was said to have attacked without prejudice, and it is reported that the dead included the disabled, old, women, and children. The Yazidis themselves have suffered greatly at the hands of Daesh (ISIS) according to Al Jazeera. The Yazidis are a Kurdish religious community from northern Iraq.
This attack will only serve to increase already heightened tensions in the area.

Read the Vice article about this attack HERE
Read the Al Jazeera article about this attack HERE

The worst humanitarian crisis of the century

The worst humanitarian crisis of the century
470,000 Syrians dead and wounded. Millions of refugees. Millions internally displaced.

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