Syrian activist in Britain keeps grim toll of civil war
10/20/2013 10:21:49 AM
The founder of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, rages at the "hypocrisy" of the international community in focusing on chemical weapons and overlooking the "endless bloodbath" in war-ravaged Syria.
"Nothing has changed at all. The clashes continue. Blood continues to be spilled and the intensity of the conflict increases," he says, speaking in Arabic through a translator.
"With the focus on chemical weapons, we forget about the daily deaths of the Syrian people by shelling, tank fire, gunfire, car bombs, mortars falling on civilian areas," he stated.
Rahman says that according to his figures the conflict is still killing 4,000 to 5,000 people a month, from soldiers, militia members and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters to rebels, jihadis and civilians.
Many of the pictures and videos of the conflict that the Observatory has collated on its website are so gruesome they are almost unwatchable.
'We document, verify and report'
"Nothing has changed at all. The clashes continue. Blood continues to be spilled and the intensity of the conflict increases," he says, speaking in Arabic through a translator.
"With the focus on chemical weapons, we forget about the daily deaths of the Syrian people by shelling, tank fire, gunfire, car bombs, mortars falling on civilian areas," he stated.
Rahman says that according to his figures the conflict is still killing 4,000 to 5,000 people a month, from soldiers, militia members and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters to rebels, jihadis and civilians.
Many of the pictures and videos of the conflict that the Observatory has collated on its website are so gruesome they are almost unwatchable.
'We document, verify and report'