Pray for Syria

More than two years, and yet the Syrian war continues. What is happening is simply unacceptable. Thousands of people are being killed: men, kids, women... Every single day. Every single hour. And for what, power? Authority? Is there really a leader that is so selfish to the point that he would kill his own people? Destroy his own country? Take a moment and let those words sink in. Could you imagine being in their shoes? It takes one look at the pictures that appear on Google Images when you search for War in Syria to realize the large amount of destruction and the vast blood loss there.

And as if being forced to leave your house and belongings and city is not hard enough, but I hear people  (not everyone, a lot are very considerate) judging the Syrian refugees in my village. 'They're all over the place', they say. 'You can barely see a Lebanese person now, they're all Syrians! There are no more jobs for the Lebanese people because the Syrians are taking them all! There's is no place for us to sit in restaurants because they're full of Syrians! They're going to the stores! They're on the streets! They're in the schools! They're everywhere! They're not grateful for what we are offering them!''

How would you feel if you were required to depart your country against your will? How would you know they're not grateful? What are they supposed to do? Lock themselves up and never come out?

The scenes they show on Al Jazeera Channel from Syria are so bizarre you can't even look: Lifeless bodies between the ruins, mothers crying, kids with a missing arm or leg... And yet, the official Syrian channel still shows men praising the president and the government.

Who are the real terrorists here?... It's a rhetorical question, because the answer couldn't be more clear: the terrorists are definitely not the ones fighting for their freedom. And it's ironic, that someone can cause so much damage to a country, but the rest of the world cannot stop him.

Pray for the kids, the men, the elderly, the women, the dead, the living, the country, the cities, the villages... Pray for Syria.