Not Every 5-Year-Old Syrian Boy Makes It

• Published in: Wall Street journal. Europe
• Main Author: M. Zaher Sahloul
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brussels Dow Jones & Company Inc 26.08.2016
• Edition: Europe
• Subjects: Bombings; Evacuations & rescues; Hospitals; Humanitarianism
• ISSN: 0921-9986

Following each mission, I brief my U.S. senator. I show him pictures of the children I treated and plead with him to do something to protect civilians. The U.S. could impose a no-bombing zone, like it did in Sarajevo. That could avert the disaster looming over hundreds of thousands of besieged people. "In Aleppo," the United Nations' humanitarian chief warned on Monday, "we risk seeing a humanitarian catastrophe unparalleled in the over five years of bloodshed and carnage in the Syrian conflict." As we said our farewell to the city, my colleague, a retired Chicago pediatrician, told the doctors that he had come to bear witness. "I want to let you know that American doctors care about you," he said with tears in his eyes. "We may not be able to change the policy of our government, but we can extend a hand of help."