Posted on 02/10/2016 4:51:52 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Syriaâs national wealth, infrastructure and institutions have been âalmost obliteratedâ by the âcatastrophic impactâ of nearly five years of conflict, a new report has found. Fatalities caused by war, directly and indirectly, amount to 470,000, according to the Syrian Centre for Policy Research (SCPR) â a far higher total than the figure of 250,000 used by the United Nations until it stopped collecting statistics 18 months ago.
In all, 11.5% of the countryâs population have been killed or injured since the crisis erupted in March 2011, the report estimates. The number of wounded is put at 1.9 million. Life expectancy has dropped from 70 in 2010 to 55.4 in 2015. Overall economic losses are estimated at $255bn (£175bn).
The stark account of the warâs toll came as warnings multiplied about Aleppo, Syriaâs largest city, which is in danger of being cut off by a government advance aided by Russian airstrikes and Iranian militiamen. The Syrian opposition is demanding urgent action to relieve the suffering of tens of thousands of civilians.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Why can’t they all just get along?
Saudi Arabia tries to beat Iran in a proxy war and loses. Let’s call it what it is.
And the rest are in Europe ...
I’d say it’s more like Saudi Arabia tries to beat Russia in a proxy war and loses.
US position so muddled (except for wanting to get rid of Assad) and efforts so weak as to be nearly insignificant.
might sound a little cold but I do not give a damn what happens to these syrians.
http://observer.com/2016/02/mounting-evidence-putin-will-ignite-wwiii/
Cash is King!
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EIXIC
http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/CO1:COM
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