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Syria's Silent Crisis: How Daily Life Has Been Shattered Beyond Recognition

  A Nation in Crisis Syrian civil war has crowned the country into great humanitarian issues. The crisis has claimed more than 250 thousand lives and forced over 11 million people either within the country or outside. This has made millions of people in the country to lack the most basic needs that hail from the destroyed infrastructure of the country by the war. Economic Devastation As evidenced by the data above the war has almost paralyzed the Syrian economy. More than ninety percent of Syrian pound has been devalued leaving the country in hands of hyper inflation and high poverty level. Housing and food have become expensive, for many people, and the level of unemployment has hugely increased. Healthcare System Collapse All these years the permanent infrastructure has been reported severely affected with many hospitals either being completely damaged or used by the fighting forces. Essential medicine is lacking and there is a shortage of health care human resource. Neglect of m...

UAE team rescues Syrian family trapped under earthquake rubble

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) search and rescue teams have rescued a Syrian family of four from the rubble in Turkey after powerful earthquakes rocked the region on Monday. The UAE’s Operation Gallant Knight/2 recovered a mother, her son and two daughters, who were trapped under the rubble. Emirati search and rescue teams took almost five hours to complete the process and rescue the injured family. They were transferred to a hospital in Turkey for treatment. Under the directives of the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence of the UAE launched the Gallant Knight / 2 operation in order to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister of the UAE, also directed  $13.6 million in humanitarian aid to Syria. The UAE also sent search and rescue teams, urgent relief and emergency aid to Syria. The UAE President also ordere...