The number is astounding and difficult to comprehend — while no one has an exact figure, the U.N. estimate puts the death toll at about 400,000.
Just for a little perspective, that's just a bit higher than the populations of Tulsa and Cleveland and just a bit lower than that of Minneapolis and Miami. It's far higher than the populations of the Bahamas or Iceland. It's approximately the same number of people that the Nazis killed in the Chelmno, Majdanek, and Sobibor concentration camps combined. People wonder in retrospect why the Allies didn't step in to shut down the concentration camps once they knew of their existence, but now a similar situation has happened again.
Is this a joke? This must be one. I'm deeply sad and furious. Hopefully they will rest in peace since they had none on this earth. This world is spiraling down.
It's an estimate that tracks back to the beginning of the whole battle in 2011. The number is lower if you only start counting from the last recapture of the Assad Army, of course.
Unicef has launched its largest ever winter appeal to provide urgent humanitarian aid to children and families affected by the crisis in Syria. Unicef is delivering life-saving supplies, including warm winter clothes, blankets and sturdy boots to make sure no child is forgotten this winter.
You may have seen in the news, that many children are facing extreme danger in Aleppo. Right now, Unicef is on the ground working with partners to provide immediate support to children. But there are still children left inside eastern Aleppo, some have been separated from their parents and are in desperate need of our protection.
This world is really falling apart.
wow
