(United Nations/UNICEF) The heart breaking photograph of Omran Daqneesh, the little boy sitting alone in an ambulance with his face and body covered in blood and dirt after being pulled from a destroyed building has reminded the world, yet again, of the unimaginable horrors that Syrian children face every day, a spokesperson for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today. “No child in Syria [is] safe while the conflict drags on,” Christophe Boulierac, […]
Tag: Conflicts/War/Peace
Video shows hostages held by Abu Sayyaf Group pleading for help
(Reuters) Islamist militants in the southern Philippines released a video that purports to show three hostages pleading for help and a masked militant vowing to behead them if the group’s demands are not met. “I’m appealing to Canadian government, the Filipino government, friends, family, anybody who can possibly help us. If the demand is not met, we will be executed like our friend John was a few days ago.” the hostage who identified himself as […]





