Syrian Opposition: Ahmad Jarba

Ahmad Jarba: Just days ago in London, I listened with sadness and shock as Ahmad Jarba and leaders of the moderate Syrian opposition described how ordinary Syrians with no links to the civil war are forced to eat stray dogs and cats to survive a campaign of deprivation waged by the Assad regime. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Reports of severe malnutrition across vast swaths of Syria suffering under regime blockades prompted the United Nations Security Council to issue a presidential statement calling for immediate access to humanitarian assistance. To bolster the U.N.s position, every nation needs to demand action on the ground right now. That includes governments that have allowed their Syrian allies to block or undermine vital relief efforts mandated by international humanitarian law. President of the Syrian Coalition Ahmad al-Jarba The world already knows that Bashar Assad has used chemical weapons, indiscriminate bombing, arbitrary detentions, rape and torture against his own citizens. What is far less well known, and equally intolerable, is the systematic denial of medical assistance, food supplies and other humanitarian aid to huge portions of the population. This denial of the most basic human rights must end before the wars death toll now surpassing 100,000 reaches even more catastrophic levels. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.