Category Archives: The Ghouta of Damascus

The abduction of the members of the Violations Documentation Center in Syria (Douma)

Posted on December 10, 2013 by alisariram

http://www.vdc-sy.info/index.php/en/home The Office of the Violations Documentation Center in Syria was attacked last night  and ransacked by masked unknown armed men  in Douma, a town in Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, mainly held by Opposition fighters. Its staff members were abducted … Continue reading →

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Starvation: I accuse you world, I accuse you Obama, I condemn you Putin: Look at the image of Syrian childhood turning into stone under the gaze of the Medusa of hunger

Posted on October 18, 2013 by alisariram

  O no, I am not going to warn you and apologize for the painful disturbing pictures of starving children, for I wish you you to gaze at them and keep a place for them in your hearts and perhaps do something about it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid agencies, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, FSA, ICRC, Images, Mouadhamiya, Obama, Refugees, Russia, Starvation, Starvation and malnutrition in Syria, Starvation in Syria, Starving Syrian children, suffering, Syria, Syrian army, Syrian people, Syrian Red Crescent, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The Ghouta of Damascus, Thew Children of Syria starve, Uprooted people, Victims, Video, Yarmouk Refugee Camp | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Farewell to Syria, for a while: في وداع سورية… مؤقتا

Posted on October 13, 2013 by alisariram

Farewell to Syria, for a while By Yassin Al Haj Saleh October 12, 2013 I have tried hard for the last two and a half years to stay in Syria. It was important for me as a writer to stay … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Alisar Iram: translations, Raqqa, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The Ghouta of Damascus, Yassin Al Haj Saleh | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

To strike or not to strike

Posted on September 4, 2013 by alisariram

I am posting this article again as it appeared in Therepublic, a courageous, independent, enlightened and leading platform, for voicing opinions and commentaries on Syria and its struggle for freedom and fight against tyranny http://therepublicgs.net/2013/08/31/to-strike-not-to-strike-or-how-to-strike/ To strike, not to strike, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisar's notes and aerticles, Chemical weapons, Children of Syria, civilians, Destruction, Morality, suffering, Syria, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The Ghouta of Damascus | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Read it please, read all of it: Assad’s Cold Calculation: The Poison Gas War on the Syrian People

Posted on August 27, 2013 by alisariram

Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack: Western Intervention Draws Nearer Assad’s Cold Calculation: The Poison Gas War on the Syrian People By Hans Hoyng and Christoph Reuter Evidence clearly suggests that Syria’s president has deployed chemical weapons. The latest poison gas attack should set … Continue reading →

Posted in Bashar Al-Assad, Chemical weapons, Children, Damascus, suffering, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, The Ghouta of Damascus, The suffering of the Syrian people, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Chemical attack?what chemical attack? Sorry it is alleged and cannot be verified

Posted on August 24, 2013 by alisariram

Nothing but a gratification of the appetites and wishful, distorted, speculative,futile thinking: this sums up my opinion of the International Media in its reaction to the chemical attack in the Ghouta of Damascus which took place on 21 August and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar's notes and articles, Chemical weapons, Damascus, Images, Massacres, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, The Ghouta of Damascus, The suffering of the Syrian people, Victims, Video | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

The Ghouta, farms and orchards, of Damascus

Posted on December 7, 2012 by alisariram

This post which I am updating now, was published a few months ago. The situation in the Gouta has deteriorated gravely since then. Two million people used to live in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus  Now only one million people are left to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisar's art, Alisar's notes and aerticles, Alisar's poems, Annihilation, Damascus, Images, Nature, Poems, Syria, The Ghouta of Damascus | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments