Douma is a suburb about 10 km northeast of the Damascus. Every day, the war inches closer and closer to the capital.
Syrian medics sometimes rely on the guidance of doctors abroad to advise them on how to perform medical care via Skype calls. Perhaps more doctors would willingly volunteer in person, if medical workers weren't one of the regime's main targets...

Tag any friends you have in the medical field so they can sign on to the call to end the bombing of hospitals here: https://medicsunderfire.org/en?source=skype



The Syrian Campaign

Hello Readers,

I apologize for the long leave of absence, but I am officially back! Originally, this blog was an idea I came up with on a rainy Midwestern day. That's going to change. This blog blog is back! It will still be dedicated to the Syrian revolution, but there will be focus on medical conditions in Syria.

I will try to post every other day, but the schedule is not yet concrete. In addition, there is now a tumblr associated with this blog. Nothing up there yet, but be sure to check it out in a few days.

Qamr



لحظة إلقاء و سقوط برميل متفجر دون أن ينفجر في درعا البلد

The moment that barrel bombs were thrown but did not detonate in Daraa


A new military training program, if implemented, would supplement a small train-and-equip program led by the Central Intelligence Agency that Mr. Obama authorized a year ago. U.S. officials don't discuss the CIA's limited training program because it is covert.

In a commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point on Wednesday, officials said Mr. Obama will signal backing for the new training effort by saying he intends to increase support to the armed opposition to fight the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, including by providing them with training.
Mr. Obama isn't expected to provide details about how, or where, that training would be done...

Assad has debuted the largest picture of himself ever at the University of Latakia. His face is made up of the names of killed government soldiers in gold lettering.

Assad challenger: Opposition or stooge?