Syria and Digital Media Project

barrel bombs: Death coming and we cannot stop it, according to Toronto Star. If we don’t get food, we’ll all die of hunger. We are always waiting for death – from hunger, barrel bombs or being beheaded, 21-year-old Nidal told the digital media project Syria Deeply. As the world faces the worst refugee crisis in living memory – some 60 million people are on the run in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere from conflict, war and persecution – our collective moral compass seems to be failing us badly. While we have given nearly $1 billion in recent years to the war-ravaged Mideast in humanitarian, development and security help, that no more than our fair share. Canada response has been uneven on Prime Minister Stephen Harper watch. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.