Entries by AIFD

7/30/13 Arab, Muslim states urge truce in Syria for Eid

Source: FoxNews CAIRO (AFP) –  The Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation jointly appealed Tuesday to warring parties in Syria to observe a ceasefire during next week’s feast of Eid al-Fitr. In their statement, the Arab League’s Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi and his OIC counterpart Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu appealed for “a ceasefire and a […]

7/16/13 Syria’s children deserve chance to be kids again

Source: CNN By Lucy Liu, Special to CNN Editor’s note: A UNICEF ambassador since 2004, Lucy Liu recently traveled to the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon to visit children made homeless by the conflict in neighboring Syria. According to UNICEF, more than 4,000 Syrians flee into Lebanon each day, half of them children. The country hosts the […]