"We have shortage of bread, food, medicine, kids' milk. no fuel for cars, nor gas for cooking"http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christians.facing.humanitarian.crisis.in.syria/30656.htm
4:54 AM - 15 Sep 12 · Details
Christians facing humanitarian crisis in Syria
by ASSIST News ServicePosted: Saturday, September 15, 2012, 8:40 (BST)
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Christians in Syria are in desperate need as the country continues to be ravaged by conflict; many are trying to leave, while those who remain are struggling to survive as essential supplies run short, according to the Barnabas Fund.
The Christian charity this week received a report from a church leader in
Aleppo, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting in the war between President Assad's troops and opposition forces.
Aleppo, which has seen some of the heaviest fighting in the war between President Assad's troops and opposition forces.
He said: "We are facing tough times. The economy is very, very bad. We have shortage of bread, food, medicine, kids' milk. no fuel for cars, nor gas for cooking... The prices of food are five times more. Now and since two days we don't have water. Hoping that soon the problem will be solved, otherwise we will face a disaster. Most of the people are in a disturbed and bewildered situation and they don't know what to do."
Barnabas Fund went on to report that many Syrian Christians are fleeing the country in a desperate bid to protect their families from the violence and hardship of war. The need to escape is intensifying as Christians increasingly become targets of the opposition fighters, who perceive them as being Assad loyalists.
