And yet we refuse to help the innocent people displaced due to our bombs. It’s maddening. | by Dr. Lindsay Portnoy | Medium

The carnage in Syria has displaced over ten million people — five million of them driven from the country, and more than half of them children. Terrorized by Assad and ISIS, desperate for a place to live in peace, they have received rejection …

From Syria, a Tragic Call to Protect All the World’s Children

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And yet we refuse to help the innocent people displaced due to our bombs. It’s maddening.

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