By Dr Waiel Awwad
Many of my colleagues and friends in India were puzzled as to why less coverage of the destruction of Syria due to earthquakes and not much aid are flowing there. Are the Syrians belonging to a lesser God?
On the 6th of February at dawn hours a devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey left thousands dead and injured, and hundreds of properties left millions of people homeless in the open with the least of essentials, no food, no power, and no medicine, especially in Syria. The people of Syria are already suffering harsh winter and have no income, because of the war imposed on them for the last twelve years. They are left at the mercy of God. You can hear only crying voices under the rubble calling for help and with the lack of heavy machinery for the rescue team in Syria. The voices are waning with eyes full of tears and wailing of relatives watching their loved ones dying helplessly. The reports from the ground in Turkey speaks of discriminatory…