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A review by hasseltkoffie
The Raqqa Diaries: Escape from Islamic State by Samer
5.0
The marketplace was hit. There were huge explosions, and body parts everywhere. It was a Russian air strike supposedly targeting terrorists.
Isn’t the terrorism we suffer on the ground enough? Now you bring it from the skies as well.
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The fact that the world is standing idly by, just watching what is happening, does not surprise anyone here any more. Everyone I meet, whether it is a child or an old person who has witnessed many horrors, pins their hopes on our own revolutionaries. The outside world has not answered our calls.
Some countries do worse than just stand by. They have given the regime help in killing its people. They continue to do this while thousands of families live out in the open with nothing to protect them from the rain, the sun and the bombs.
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Many people here tell me they wish they were already dead. Many are hoping to cross into Turkey, but the border is completely closed. It’s hopeless. Many have been maimed by the regime’s war machine. Some are missing limbs. These injuries have a dramatic impact on them and those who care for them. Every single person here has lived with horror. Yet instead of weeping or cursing, they all try to help each other.
Isn’t the terrorism we suffer on the ground enough? Now you bring it from the skies as well.
---
The fact that the world is standing idly by, just watching what is happening, does not surprise anyone here any more. Everyone I meet, whether it is a child or an old person who has witnessed many horrors, pins their hopes on our own revolutionaries. The outside world has not answered our calls.
Some countries do worse than just stand by. They have given the regime help in killing its people. They continue to do this while thousands of families live out in the open with nothing to protect them from the rain, the sun and the bombs.
---
Many people here tell me they wish they were already dead. Many are hoping to cross into Turkey, but the border is completely closed. It’s hopeless. Many have been maimed by the regime’s war machine. Some are missing limbs. These injuries have a dramatic impact on them and those who care for them. Every single person here has lived with horror. Yet instead of weeping or cursing, they all try to help each other.