A Syrian peace initiative backed by civil-society organizations representing nearly 250 million people around the world is calling on Canada to lead an initiative to clear the Syrian skies of Bashar al-Assad’s bombers – the cause of more than 96 per cent of the civilian deaths in Syria, and the primary driver of the Syrian refugee crisis.
“A country like Canada is perfectly suited for this, and this has to happen right now,” Anna Nolan, an organizer with The Syria Campaign in New York, said Sunday. “Canada is playing a key role in the coalition [targeting the Islamic State of Iraq …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen