Syrians, Iraqis: There is No Going Back

Hungry people are angry people. In the makeshift tent camp just meters from FYROM [***] on the Greek side of the border with the rain sleeting down overnight Thursday, refugees — mostly Syrians with some Iraqis and North Africans amongst them — expressed deep anger at the conditions they are enduring and fury with a razor-wire fence the FYROM [***] have erected to block their progress deeper into the promised land of Europe.

United Nations officials say there are at least 10,000 refugees here at Idomeni, and their number is expected to increase by nearly 2000 a day. Greek officials have warned that this month there will be at least 70,000 refugees trapped in Greece, creating a humanitarian crisis for a cash-strapped country that has struggled with debilitating debt since the 2008 financial crash.

The Syrians have come from all over their war-shattered country — from the ancient half-razed city of Aleppo; Homs, once known as the capital of the Syrian "revolution"; Palmyra, another ancient town now in the hands of jihadists; Deir ez-Zor and the Syrian capital Damascus.

They have survived barrel and cluster bombs dropped by a regime that has preferred to wreck a country rather than relinquish power...
  [voanews.com]
  4/3/16
 ***[After the necessary corrections with the name "FYROM"]

***[GREECE recognized this country with the name "FYROM"]
***[UN  resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993]
***El Kratos uses the recognized name FYROM.
By using El Kratos, you agree to the U.N. Charter in this issue.
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