More than 300,000 people killed in Syria since 2011

UPI ^ | June 9, 2015 | FRED LAMBERT

[MinorityRepublican]

DAMASCUS, Syria, June 9 (UPI) -- A human rights observer group says more than 320,000 people have been killed in the Syrian Civil War since 2011.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it documented 230,618 deaths in the Syrian Civil War between March 2011, when the conflict began, and June 8, 2015.

[Salvation]

Prayer for Peace in Syria   

 

God of Compassion, 

Hear the cries of the people of Syria, 

Bring healing to those suffering from the violence, 

Bring comfort to those mourning the dead, 

Strengthen Syria’s neighbors in their care and welcome for refugees, 

Convert the hearts of those who have taken up arms, 

And protect those committed to peace.   

 

God of Hope, 

Inspire leaders to choose peace over violence and to seek reconciliation with enemies, 

Inspire the Church around the world with compassion for the people of Syria, 

And give us hope for a future of peace built on justice for all.   

We ask this through Jesus Christ,  Prince of Peace and Light of the World, 

Amen. 

 

From Anonymous:

Father God, Our Savior and King,

We come to You in despair over the evil being done to our Middle East Christian brothers and sisters. We ask that You would put Your hand of protection upon them and that You would sustain them as You did the Israelites in the desert. Lord, cause our brothers and sisters to cry out to You for help and show them the peace that only You can give in answer to their needs. In their darkest moments, Lord, keep them, strengthen them, and comfort them. When they despair that no one is coming to help them, Lord, reveal Your glory and restore their souls.

We ask you these things in the blessed name of Your precious son, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Obama’s redline war.

[BeadCounter]

About that many people got killed in the Spanish Civil War per wikipedia, unfathomable.

[lightman]

Yaa Rabb urHam,
Yaa Rabb urHam,
Yaa Rabb urHam.

(”Lord, have mercy” transliterated Arabic)

[BeadCounter]

If I didn’t post it already, the Syrian Human Rights Observatory in London’s website is:

http://www.syriahr.com/en/

News articles, even editorials from all over.

[Zenjitsuman]

ISIS IS LIKE A BUNCH OF ILLEGAL MEXICANS IN SYRIA

ISIS IS DOING A JOB ISRAELIS WON’T DO. AND DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT.

[Pollster1]

How many by Assad’s thuggish government? How many by Assad’s thuggish opponents? Why should we care whether they are killed by chlorine gas, by barrel bombs, by bullets, or by starvation? How many more die because of our erratic and poorly defined Syria strategy than would die if we had a real president? I don’t see any solution to the problems in Syria, nor do I see much chance that anything Obama does will make things better. My hope is that Obama will step back, stop meddling, and stop trying to overthrow Assad, and that the Syrian government will win.