Wednesday, 5 April 2017

BLOOD ON HIS HANDS



ASSAD, SYRIA AND THE FUTURE


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Bashar al-Assad


It seems that the West is not really sure of what to do about Syria.  President Assad has refused to take it easy with the Islamic militants who are fighting to remove him from power.  Assad, ably supported by Russia, has recently resorted to more ferocious air strikes and deadly gas attacks.  As usual, the real victims are the ordinary innocent people of Syria.  Lately, Khan Sheikhoun, in Indli, was subjected to renewed air strikes.  This was after the town faced a toxic gas attack.
Bashar al-Assad has blood on his hands.


The US is no longer sure if it would be wise to remove Assad from power.  Very few people would blame Donald Trump for this decision.  After Saddam and Gadaffi were removed, Iraq and Libya fell into darkness and chaos and are yet to recover.


However, if the West would no longer support the removal of Assad, a way should be found to disarm the different factions fighting his regime.  Hopefully, this would encourage the government to stop the air strikes and the gas attacks.  The people of Syria have suffered enough.








 
Renewed air strikes hit Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday, as cities around Syria were affected by raids.

 
A devastated father has been pictured cradling the bodies of his dead twins after they were killed during the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun, in the rebel-held central province of Idlib, Syria
A devastated father has been pictured cradling the bodies of his dead twins after they were killed during the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun, in the rebel-held central province of Idlib, Syria







The man, who has not been named, was seen sitting on the ground as he hugged his young children following Tuesday's attack. Renewed air strikes hit Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday. No casualties were reported because the area had been evacuated following Tuesday's attack
The man, who has not been named, was seen sitting on the ground as he hugged his young children following Tuesday's attack. Renewed air strikes hit Khan Sheikhoun on Wednesday. No casualties were reported because the area had been evacuated following Tuesday's attack






The children, pictured above, were among the 72 reported dead after Tuesday's chemical attack, which is believed to have been caused by the nerve agent sarin
The children, pictured above, were among the 72 reported dead after Tuesday's chemical attack, which is believed to have been caused by the nerve agent sarin


 

 







 


 Up to 100 people have died from suffocation after a toxic gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in the rebel-held central province of Idlib, Syria, early Tuesday morning. Pictured above, a child gets treatment at a hospital after Assad Regime forces attacked
 Up to 100 people have died from suffocation after a toxic gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, in the rebel-held central province of Idlib, Syria, early Tuesday morning. Pictured above, a child gets treatment at a hospital after Assad Regime forces attacked






The United States has blamed the administration of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the attack, while British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson also suggested the attack was caused by the Assad regime. Pictured above, Syrian Veda Ajej, 35, receives treatment at Reyhanli State Hospital in Hatay, Turkey, following the attack
The United States has blamed the administration of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the attack, while British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson also suggested the attack was caused by the Assad regime. Pictured above, Syrian Veda Ajej, 35, receives treatment at Reyhanli State Hospital in Hatay, Turkey, following the attack







Syrian Mahmut Mansur, 14, receives treatment at Reyhanli State Hospital in Hatay, Turkey, after the chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun, a town of the Idlib district of Syria
Syrian Mahmut Mansur, 14, receives treatment at Reyhanli State Hospital in Hatay, Turkey, after the chemical attack in Khan Shaykhun, a town of the Idlib district of Syria










An injured Syrian boy is being brought to Reyhanli State Hospital in Hatay, Turkey, to receive treatment after Tuesday's gas attack
An injured Syrian boy is being brought to Reyhanli State Hospital in Hatay, Turkey, to receive treatment after Tuesday's gas attack













Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday that a poisonous gas contamination in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun was the result of gas leaking from a rebel chemical weapons depot after it was hit by Syrian government air strikes. Pictured above, children in Syria following the attacks
Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday that a poisonous gas contamination in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun was the result of gas leaking from a rebel chemical weapons depot after it was hit by Syrian government air strikes. Pictured above, children in Syria following the attacks












An interior view of a hospital, hit by Assad Regime's airstrike, following a previous Assad regime's strike staged with chlorine gas in Khan Shaykhun on Tuesday

An interior view of a hospital, hit by Assad Regime's airstrike, following a previous Assad regime's strike staged with chlorine gas in Khan Shaykhun on Tuesday


















































Air strikes hit Douma, Kafr Batna and Saqba, a town in the Eastern Ghouta Region of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Pictured above, a young boy receives medical treatment after attacks in the Kafr Batna district of Eastern Ghouta in Damascus on Tuesday
Air strikes hit Douma, Kafr Batna and Saqba, a town in the Eastern Ghouta Region of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Pictured above, a young boy receives medical treatment after attacks in the Kafr Batna district of Eastern Ghouta in Damascus on Tuesday











More than 30 people were injured and one was killed in an attack in rebel-held Douma on Tuesday. Pictured above, children in Douba wait for treatment following the attack
More than 30 people were injured and one was killed in an attack in rebel-held Douma on Tuesday. Pictured above, children in Douba wait for treatment following the attack














An Injured child receives treatment in a field hospital after airstrikes by forces allegedly loyal to the Syrian government, rebel-held Douma on Tuesday
An Injured child receives treatment in a field hospital after airstrikes by forces allegedly loyal to the Syrian government, rebel-held Douma on Tuesday










Search and rescue team members, along with civilians, remove the debris as they try to locate survivors after Assad Regime's airstrike over residential areas in Saqba Town of Eastern Ghouta Region of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday. At least four civilians, including two children killed and ten others were wounded in the attack
Search and rescue team members, along with civilians, remove the debris as they try to locate survivors after Assad Regime's airstrike over residential areas in Saqba Town of Eastern Ghouta Region of Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday. At least four civilians, including two children killed and ten others were wounded in the attack









Volunteers wrote the names of victims who could be identified on their shrouds after they were killed in airstrikes which hit the civilian areas of Douma
Volunteers wrote the names of victims who could be identified on their shrouds after they were killed in airstrikes which hit the civilian areas of Douma










Theresa May said sarin gas use was proven, it would be further evidence of the 'barbarism of the Syrian regime'. A CBRN investigative team (pictured) has crossed the Turkish border and is en route to collect evidence
 A CBRN investigative team (pictured) has crossed the Turkish border and is en route to collect evidence






At least 11 of the 100 people who died in the chemical attack were children. Doctors treating victims at makeshift hospitals in the area say dozens of victims from Khan Sheikhoun are showing signs of sarin poisoning
At least 11 of the 100 people who died in the chemical attack were children. Doctors treating victims at makeshift hospitals in the area say dozens of victims from Khan Sheikhoun are showing signs of sarin poisoning






A medical doctor going by the name of Dr. Shajul Islam on Twitter said his hospital in Idlib province received three victims, all with narrow, pinpoint pupils that did not respond to light. Pictured above, a Syrian child receives treatment following the attack
Civilians were seen carrying unconscious children to makeshift hospitals in hopes of receiving treatment following the attack
Civilians were seen carrying unconscious children to makeshift hospitals in hopes of receiving treatment following the attack





Some victims were foaming at the mouth following the toxin attack - a symptom of the poison sarin, which is used as a chemical weapon
Some victims were foaming at the mouth following the toxin attack - a symptom of the poison sarin, which is used as a chemical weapon






People collapsed outside during the attacks on Tuesday, something that usually only happens when banned nerve agents are involved
People collapsed outside during the attacks on Tuesday, something that usually only happens when banned nerve agents are involved














An unconscious Syrian child is carried at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following the gas attack
An unconscious Syrian child is carried at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following the gas attack
















A boy covers his face with his hands as doctors evaluate wounds to his legs and feet following the toxin attack on Tuesday
A boy covers his face with his hands as doctors evaluate wounds to his legs and feet following the toxin attack on Tuesday








An unconscious Syrian child is carried at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province







Sarin, which is made by combining the fluorine in sodium fluoride with carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and phosphorous, is considered one of the world's most dangerous chemical warfare agents. Pictured above, a Syrian man receives treatment after an alleged chemical attack at a field hospital in Saraqib, Idlib
Sarin, which is made by combining the fluorine in sodium fluoride with carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and phosphorous, is considered one of the world's most dangerous chemical warfare agents. Pictured above, a Syrian man receives treatment after an alleged chemical attack at a field hospital in Saraqib, Idlib








The government denies the use of chemical weapons and has in turn accused rebels of using banned weapons. Pictured above, a wounded kid receives treatment following the attach
The government denies the use of chemical weapons and has in turn accused rebels of using banned weapons. Pictured above, a wounded kid receives treatment following the attach

A father carried his dead little girl, her lips blueish and her dark curls visible, wrapped in a blue sheet.

 








Local reports quoted doctors saying the chemical that killed dozens of people in the region could have been chlorine or sarin, a colorless, odorless liquid nerve agent that's used as a chemical weapon 
Local reports quoted doctors saying the chemical that killed dozens of people in the region could have been chlorine or sarin, a colorless, odorless liquid nerve agent that's used as a chemical weapon 







Mohammed Hassoun, a media activist in nearby Sarmin - also in Idlib province where some of the critical cases were transferred - said the hospital there had been equipped to deal with such chemical attacks because the town was struck in one chemical attack, early on in the Syrian uprising Syrian activists said that makeshift hospitals soon crowded with people suffocating from toxins following the attack
Mohammed Hassoun, a media activist in nearby Sarmin - also in Idlib province where some of the critical cases were transferred - said the hospital there had been equipped to deal with such chemical attacks because the town was struck in one chemical attack, early on in the Syrian uprising Syrian activists said that makeshift hospitals were soon crowded with people suffocating from toxins following the attack





Idlib province is largely controlled by an alliance of rebels including former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front. Civil defense members tried to reduce the effects of chlorine gas with water as they carried out search and rescue works after a suspected chlorine gas attack in Idlib, Syria
Idlib province is largely controlled by an alliance of rebels including former Al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front. Civil defense members tried to reduce the effects of chlorine gas with water as they carried out search and rescue works after a suspected chlorine gas attack in Idlib, Syria







The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed had died from suffocation and the effects of the gas. Symptoms of sarin poison include foaming at the mouth and having trouble breathing
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed had died from suffocation and the effects of the gas. Symptoms of sarin poison include foaming at the mouth and having trouble breathing







Local reports quoted doctors saying the chemical could have been chlorine or Sarin, a colorless, odorless liquid nerve agent that's used as a chemical weapon
Local reports quoted doctors saying the chemical could have been chlorine or Sarin, a colorless, odorless liquid nerve agent that's used as a chemical weapon







Moments after the attack a projectile hit a hospital in the area, bringing down rubble on top of medics as they struggled to treat victims
Moments after the attack a projectile hit a hospital in the area, bringing down rubble on top of medics as they struggled to treat victims











A man breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun
A man breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun






A Syrian doctor helped a boy following the suspected attack, which has been described as one of the worst in the country's six-year civil war
A Syrian doctor helped a boy following the suspected attack, which has been described as one of the worst in the country's six-year civil war










Idlib is regularly targeted in strikes by the regime, as well as Russian warplanes, and has also been hit by the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group, usually targeting jihadists. pictured above, a victim of a suspected chemical attack as he receives treatment at a makeshift hospital
Idlib is regularly targeted in strikes by the regime, as well as Russian warplanes, and has also been hit by the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group, usually targeting jihadists. pictured above, a victim of a suspected chemical attack as he receives treatment at a makeshift hospital








A Syrian man is taken by civil defence workers to a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman following the suspected sarin attack

A Syrian man is taken by civil defence workers to a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman following the suspected sarin attack









People stand near a dead body, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria

People stand near a dead body, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria
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