Thursday, August 29, 2013

Military escalation in Syria will worsen civilians' plight: ICRC

Men search for survivors amid the rubble of collapsed buildings at a site hit by what activists say was a car bomb in Raqqa province By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Any escalation of the Syrian crisis following an apparent chemical weapons attack will aggravate civilian suffering, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. Areas plagued by heavy fighting, including the countryside around Damascus, eastern Aleppo and Deir Ezzor province, are already reeling from breakdowns of services such as water, electricity and garbage collection, it said in a statement. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/military-escalation-syria-worsen-civilians-plight-icrc-160338791.html

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