Syria and Amer Hussein

Amer Hussein: But three years of brutal civil war meant Yousefs options for medical treatment were dire, at best. There were no doctors or nurses in the village to help. He couldnt be taken to a hospital in a larger centre, because hes on the wrong side of the conflict. Syria mediator apologizes for lack of progress Syrias civil war: key facts, important players Syrias civil war spawns deadly barrel bombs, other DIY weapons , according to CBC. They arranged his transfer over the long-contested border in the Golan Heights, and Yousef was brought to the Ziv Hospital in the northern Israeli community of Safad. Every Syrian patient I spoke to at the hospital requested the use of their first names only, out of fear of attack upon their return to Syria. Dr. Amer Hussein left , head of Emergency Medicine at Ziv Hospital, is an Israeli-Arab who speaks Arabic. He says some of his Syrian patients are shocked to find someone who speaks their language offering them treatment in Israel. Derek Stoffel/ When Yousef was knocked down by what he describes as a powerful explosion in the small Syrian town he calls home, the injury was bad. His back was torn open, he was bleeding. So, members of the Free Syrian Army got in touch with the enemy. Not Syrian forces, the other enemy: Israel. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.