Humanitarian Crisis : Icrc And Msf 's Safety Compromised

In December of 2015, Kerry took a trip to Moscow, Russia, to discuss making progress towards peace. His main goal was to narrow the differences between Russian President Vladimir Putin over the role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Kerry applauded Russia’s contributions to the fight for peace. Kerry also asked for Russia’s full participation in a February ceasefire in exchange for relief of sanctions.

The attacks affected the civilians living in the region, leaving as many as 300,000 dead and 2.8 million displaced (Darfur Conflict). Aicha el Basri, a former UN spokesperson, stated, “In one instance last September, peacekeepers "watched" the pro-government Janjaweed militia group carry out an assault on civilians travelling in a truck, but did not intervene (Darfur Conflict).” The UN hasn’t acted on the attacks occurring right in front of them. The civilians of Darfur feel the UN has betrayed them, by standing back and not protecting them. The UN organization, the African Union Mission In Darfur (UNAMID), has also failed to bring safety to the civilians. According to Ahmed H. Adam, “...UNAMID neither has a mandate nor the equipment for intervention, so even in the midst of conflict; it is unable to effectively respond (Adam).” The destruction of the population by their own government is the most recent failure of the UN, since the genocide in Darfur still continues

The United States; however, is struggling to find a way to let the Syrians in without allowing terrorists to enter with them. This being said, Syrians cannot be trusted. “U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that evidence showed that sarin gas was used” (Allam). By using this sarin gas, they could easily put harm to the people in the United States along with maybe even killing them. People all over the world are aware of these situations and many Syrians are looking for a way

Syria’s civil war is the worst humanitarian crisis of modern time. The “Syrian Civil war Began in March of 2011, between rebel brigades and government force; economy and infrastructure is destroyed” (Library, 2016). “Divisions between secular and religious fighters, and between ethnic groups, continue to complicate the politics of the conflict” (Corps, 2016). Additionally, the Syrian civil war has taken a significant

As the rifle and machine gun fire exchanges in the Syrian Civil War not only lives are lost but many innocent men, women and children are left in need of emergency care. Cecily Hilleary, a traveling journalist for VOA World News, mentions “the United Nations estimates the civil war raging in Syria has left more than 2.5 million people in dire need of food, water, drugs and medical supplies,” not including the already 25,000, and counting, deceased from the war (VOA par. 9). The medical aid is minimal in Syria due to the low number of volunteers and medical staff. Cecily tells the stories of crowded hospitals with over 250-350 beds being piled up upon with hurt Syrian individuals, many being innocent women and

Helping people in Syria may help lives, but it also puts your own in great danger according to several articles. Dr. Zaher Sahloul "has visited Aleppo five times since the war began" (Gonzalez). He puts his life, and others, at risk in order to help people who can't help themselves. In one interview Dr. Zaher Sahloul speaks of 'barrel bombs' that are dropped in Syria, "Barrel bombs are an invention of the Syrian regime. Big barrels stuffed with TNT, half a ton of TNT and shrapnels, metal shrapnel" (Gonzalez).

They are subject to a new chapter of the civil war that is against rebel support systems and rescue teams. In just one night three of four rescue centers were destroyed in Aleppo, one of the most heavily destroyed cities in Syria. The Syrian Service Defense no longer had usable vehicles or a fire station. The civil war is no-longer a dispute between two opposing sides, it is a bloodbath. 4.5 million refugees have fled Syria, of those remaining, 70% of the population is without adequate water, two million children are out of school, and 80% of the people live in poverty. The most troubling fact is that there is no way of knowing if they have experienced the worst yet. Nobody knows what is up ahead. The White Helmets simply wake up and risk their lives in hope they can save at least one life, because saving one can mean saving all of

In 1997 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MSF fights for access to Rwandan refugees and denounces massacres and human rights violations by North Korea. In the same year in Afghanistan, MSF teams in Kabul are fighting for the law that prevents women from accessing health

Syria has been in war for four years. The rebels versus the president, Bashar al-Assad, and his loyal troops. But in 2016, the war has worsened. One of Syria’s major cities, Aleppo, has been getting bombed relentlessly by Russia. Innocent people die everyday. Children are left hurt and parentless. People that survive unscathed try to flee the city, only to find they cannot. They are prisoners in the city they once loved.

Russia's intervention to support the regime says they are fighting isis but really they are targeting innocent civilians. In Aleppo, two barrel bombs were dropped in a small village with about 10 houses. The first bomb left a number of people injured; but the second one killed lots of people. In the film we met a man named Khalid Farah who has been apart of the white helmets for 3 years. He said that anyone who is killed or injured is treated as if it was his own son, because everyone should have the equal care. Teams of white helmets would leave Syria and go to southern turkey for a month and gain experience, so they could go back and teach their colleagues. We also met a man in the film who crossed the border and said it was a whole new world. This man would see planes in the sky and said if he was back home the planes would be dropping bombs. I learned that Syria is a very dangerous place for just innocent people. One of the questions I had during the film was why don't the people in Syria just leave, since Syria is only getting worse? In the film they say Syria was bad but now it's getting worse so why don't they just leave? Another question I had during the film is why do the volunteers continue what they do after all the people who have been killed in the line of

Therefore, Obama determined intervening was too risky, and Aleppo fell back into the hands of the Assad regime leaving hundreds of defenseless Syrians to be massacred (Beauchamp, 2016).

Syria’s civil war has overflows of violence all around the world. Groups like ISIS who feel as if the west has caused the plight of the Arabs or Muslims will attempt to retaliate against the west, curbing that overflow by funding NGO’s, United Nations agencies, and other programs that are assisting in putting an

On April 4th, the town of Khan Sheikhoun, a town in the Syria’s north-west undergoed a massive chemical attack. It’s suspected that more than 80 people died from the chemical barrage, which allegedly was fired by the Syrian government (Assad regime). The government claims that instead this was a fabrication of the truth and that they did not fire upon their own people. But several witnesses/victims argue differently. Following the attack, US president, Donald

As of recent, there is an ongoing debate over the response of the Obama administration related to the events occurring in Syria and the potential violation by the Syrian government of customary international law and relevant treaties and conventions in the use of chemical weapons against its own people. The conflict itself has history which is required to be thoroughly examined before conclusions can be placed and actions are to be carried out. The Syrian Civil War has not only affected the lives of Syria’s citizens but has becoming a pressing issue in direct international relations between countries like Russia and the United States. Obama’s administration has their own response to the crisis at hand and believes that a military strike is a fully legal move to make given the situation present at hand. According to the evidence, it would seem possible that a violation has not occurred and that the threat by Obama’s administration to use force in the Syrian crisis stands on illegitimate grounds because the proceedings are done by Syrian government on their own grounds. However the atrocious actions committed by the Assad regime could in fact provide legality to military intervention by the United States. Finally, the focus will be to determine whether chemical weapons are in fact the sole factor for international intervention.

Syrian activists’ main goal from these talks was always about the formation of a transitional government enjoying full executive powers, without Assad in the picture; while, naming the members of this transitional governing body and the immediate start of performing its functions; followed by a ceasefire throughout the nation. These goals were, more or less, achieved through the passing of the France-US document; that included the point of cessation of hostilities among the warring parties and the immediate lifting of all sieges on towns held by parties to the ceasefire: an important step toward decreasing and deescalating the war momentum on the ground and a gateway for rebuilding Syria and the return of the refugees. From the humanitarian side, every day, people are dying because of the lack of goods and services that are essential for their survival and one of the main reasons was the failure of aid efforts to relieve the accompanying humanitarian crisis. The UNHCR was, more or less, successful in voicing the concerns of the refugees and the internally displaced during these meetings, especially when it came to the implementation of humanitarian corridors: allowing NGOs to be able to reach the conflict zones where scandalous massacres are taking place. Syrian activists considered this point in the resolution to be of major importance, not only in terms of providing humanitarian help in areas of conflict but also, about the fact that it will be monitored by a committee