The Syrian children keep dying while the world leaders are watching in silence

03.10.2017
By Zohair Ahmad
During the past days, Idlib province, Northern Hama province, Aleppo West and South countrysides, Douma in East Ghouta and many other liberated areas have been targets of horrific air strikes by the Assad regime Airforce with help from the Russians. In Madira, Eastern Ghouta the regime forces attacked a center for the disabled. Another airstrike killed at least 3 medical personnel and damaged a number of medical facilities. The regime forces also target the Civil Defence Centers. This kind of news from Syria, unfortunately, becomes the new normal for all Syrians in the liberated areas.

 

As a response to all the killing a group of activists, the same group that started the campaign #StandWithAleppo back in October 2016, started a new campaign after they received distressed messages from their friends. They told the group that the bombing of Idlib and Aleppo countryside reminded them of the siege of Aleppo. The Twitter storm on Sunday 01.10.2017 was their response to their friend's distress call.  
Idlib has been hit by over 500 airstrikes this week, even in a de-escalation area, a vegetable market was hit. Not even the facilities of the White Helmets are spared. And of course, as always Assad's forces bombed schools and hospitals. 
The words from Dr. Fariba speaks for all Syrians “We don’t need tears, we need action.” 

Iran-IRGC has a clear participation in the chemical attack on Idlib

There is now evidence that the bomb dropped in Khan Sheikhoun contained illegal chemicals. According to doctors who observed the symptoms of the victims, it was most likely sarin gas or a similar nerve agent. As mentioned earlier Sarin is a nerve agent that kills its victims by asphyxiation, that means that the victim suffocates due to the inability to control the muscles involved in breathing functions. Initial symptoms following exposure is a runny nose, tightness in the chest and constriction of the pupils. 1 to 10 minutes after inhalation the victim will die. Sarin gas is a very potent killer because a victim's clothing can release sarin for about 30 min after it has come in contact with sarin gas, which can lead to exposure of rescue workers.

 Assad's news agency claim that they used regular bombs that hit a chemical bomb factory used by the opposition. The probability of that is rather slim, first no opposition group will store both agents needed to make a chemical bomb in the same factory, the risk of accidents are too high, secondly, if it was so, the probability of both agents to react correctly in a shelling is practically like zero. One of the precursors in sarin gas bombs is isopropyl alcohol if hit by a bomb it will go up in a ball of flames. And thirdly, if Assad's forces knew that there was a chemical bomb factory and they hit it deliberately, it is a war crime.

Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack

  The most likely reason for this crime is that Assad was ordered by the IRGC. The IRGC was suffering heavy losses in this area and the revolutionists were gaining ground, they were about to lose the area and needed a leverage. The losses of the IRGC was so high that on March, 31, four days before the chemical attack, Qassem Soleimani visited the IRGC forces in Hama area to boost their Morale. So the claim that Assad was bombing KhanSheikhoun on orders from IRGC is not so far-fetched as it seems.

Qassem Soleimani visited the IRGC forces in Hama

 It looks like the bombing was retaliation over the heavy losses that IRGC suffered, and to stop the opposition in gaining more ground, they were on the outskirts of the city of Hama at the time of the bombing. Assad has an obligation to follow orders from IRGC, In March 2013 the Syrian opposition was quite close to a victory they were getting closer to the presidential palace ready to occupy it, Assad who was sure of losing was preparing to leave the country. The IRGC saved Assad from being overthrown. The reason for Assad to depend on IRGC is quite clear, Assad’s ground forces are weakened so all offensive ground operations are now carried out by the IRGC with heavy support from Assad’s air force. It is, therefore, evident that if the IRGC and its mercenaries are evicted from Syria Assad will fall, and there will be a regime change.  

Chemical weapons – here are the facts. pic.twitter.com/SeQUWJWxy1

— ICRC (@ICRC) April 6, 2017

Iran IRGC's role in Syria

In the aftermath of the American airstrike on the Shayrat Airbase, we have seen the presence of the IRGC. This base has been the Airbase used to bomb the liberated areas in the northwest of Syria, the Idlib province.
 At the Shayrat airbase, IRGC has been instructing Assad’s forces in their attacks on Syrian civilians. It would not come as any surprise if we at a later state got evidence that IRGC was, in fact, ordering Assad to use chemical bombs.

 It is well known that this airbase is used to carry out Irans will in Syria. Also, the statement from the Iranian regime that it was not clear if chemicals have been used are highly suspicious.  The Shayrat air base is one of the most important training bases in central Syria and most of the military attacks have been carried out from this base. The IRGC is providing Assad with a variety of bombs that are made in Iran and they are stored at this airbase. IRGC members are present in most Syrian airbases. they are briefed and instructed by IRGC QUDS force commander Qassem Suleimani who is literally in charge of directing Iran’s terrorism and instructing Assad.  It will be interesting to see how Russia will respond to the recent chemical attacks, Turkey’s Erdogan has made it clear that he condemns this attack and shows his support for the Syrian opposition. What more will be to see how far is Trump willing to go to show that he is the toughest dog in the street? Will he continue to strike at Assad until Assad's forces are demobilized, or will he stop now? The future of Syria’s children depends on Trump’s further actions and we urge him to continue raiding Assad's airfields to save as many Syrian civilians as possible. It will also be interesting to see if the IRGC will instruct Assad to retaliate against the USA, but that would be extremely foolish on the other hand, Iran is not known to follow common sense so that remains to bee seen. Maybe the retaliation will be taken out on those who can not strike back, the innocent Syrian civilians. IRGC’s role in Syria is quite clear, to fuel the civil war as much as they can because the regime knows, as soon as the war in Syria are over or they get evicted they must fight in the streets of the major cities in Iran. the main goal for Trump must be to save lives and that means to put an end to the war. The only way to do that is to expel Iran from Syria and to demobilize Assad. We know that America has the power to stop Assad, let us hope they use it.

  The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley told the CNN that removing Assad from power is a priority. This marks a U-turn in the US policy regarding Assad, that changed when the horrific images from Idlib landed on Trump’s desk. Getting Assad out is not the only priority. So what we are trying to do is obviously defeat ISIS. Secondly, we don’t see a peaceful Syria with Assad in there. Thirdly, get the Iranian influence out. And then finally move towards a political solution, because at the end of the day this is a complicated situation, there is no easy answer and a political solution is going to have to happen she said. She also said that a political solution would not happen with Assad in power. A regime change is the only solution for a peaceful Syria.  The whole world except Iran has condemned the use of chemical bombs and Mrs. Maryam Rajavi from the Iranian resistance expressed her deepest condolences to the brave people of Syria and she urged that those responsible must be brought to justice.

American attack on Syrian airbases.

07.04.2017 night at 03.20 the first messages about an American air raid ticked in. The USA have fired 59 tomahawk missiles against the airbase Shayrat in Syria. the missiles were fired from USS Porter and the USS Ross in eastern Mediterranian. American authorities say that the attack was aimed at planes, infrastructure, included the runways, storages, fuel storage, radars ammunition bunkers and anti-aircraft systems.  According to the Syrian state tv, several military facilities was hit.
 

The aftermath of a US air strike on a Syrian military base

  They call the attack an act of aggression and say it has lead to loss of lives. The governor of Homs says the attack was to support the terrorists on the ground.

High praise for Syria's White Helmets

Ever since the civil war started in Syria 6 years ago the Syrian Civil Defense, more commonly known as the White helmets has saved close to 80 000 lives. They are the ones that run against the bombs, not away from them. The Syrian Civil Defense was founded in late 2012 in the rebel-held cities Aleppo and Idlib after the Syrian army started bombing residential areas in the cities. The only thing the Syrian Civil Defense wants is to wake up one day and be out of a job. 

There have been numerous attempts from pro-Assad people to discredit their work. The latest attempt comes from the Swedish doctors for human rights. The chairman claims that the White Helmets are conducting malpractice and that the bombings are fake.  If the shelling is fake, how do he explain all the dead children? This is not a new strategy from the pro-Assad propaganda machine. Over the years there has been published fake pictures and fake “news”. But the efforts of the pro-Assad propaganda machine has not paid off the way Assad had hoped. Thanks to the social media the atrocities made by the Syrian Army is known all over the world and most people do no longer believe the lies of Assad and his thugs.
 

White Helmets has rescued thousands of bombed-out buildings

The White Helmets are continuously rescuing women, men and children from their bombed homes, Assad and his allies are bombing at night to make sure that they kill whole families. It is a shame that the White Helmets’ tireless work are smeared by these lies.   According to The Economist، approximately one in six SCD have been killed or badly wounded, "many by “double-tap” Russian and Syrian airstrikes on the same site as they search for bodies." SCD has grown to be an organization of over 3,000 volunteers operating from 111 local civil defense centers across 8 provincial directorates (Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Damascus Countryside, and Daraa).
 

Slowly, the boys upper body comes free 

The SCD is the only help the civilian population can rely on in the rebel-held areas. They are the only rescue service helping the civilians. The reason they are labeled terrorists is because Assad claims they are, he has convinced parts of the world that he is the good guy and the freedom seekers are terrorists and he has the right to kill them all. In the later months, there has been evidence of torture and executions in Assad’s prisons that are of such character that they are extremely graphic.
 

four-month-old Wahida rescued out of the rubble in Idlib

 There have been civilians detained that have just disappeared from all records. In Aleppo there were 900 civilians that were detained by the regime and Assad’s allies the IRGC, these hostages are still unaccounted for, no one knows where they are.  In Eastern Aleppo, the IRGC conducted genocide and the ones that tried to save the victims by risking their own lives were the White Helmets. It is time to set the record straight and side with truth and justice and give our unconditional support to the freedom fighters of Syria and the rescuers The White Helmets. Long live the Syrian revolution.