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Syrian refugees in Calgary worry for families after U.S.-led missile strike.
On early Saturday, more than 100 missiles fired from U.S., U.K. and French aircraft and naval ships struck three Syrian military targets in retaliation of a suspected chlorine gas attack on civilians in Douma by Syrian forces. The U.S. has said it suspects sarin gas was also used.
“Trump, he inform (Syrian President Bashar) Assad to stop the chemical, but he doesn’t stop it,” said Ayman Moufal, a refugee who fled Syria and came to Canada over a year ago with his wife and three children.
Moufal said he is worried about the safety of his wife’s family who are still in Syria, saying the civil war has taken its toll on his family.
“This attack from Trump, I don’t know what’s going on after. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s not … . What I know now is I am safe.”
Ammar Ajsha, a Syrian refugee who has been in Canada for about five years, said his mother, father and two sisters who are still in Syria are a=safe after the strike, adding that he wants coalition forces to “crack the regime,” but said Friday’s salvo won’t stop the Syrian civil war.
One day after the missile strikes, Ajsha, Moufal and 25 other Syrian newcomers attended the National Syrian Community Blood Drive in Calgary, a nation-wide effort involving more than 350 donors in 10 cities from the Syrian refugee community.
There was also a counter-protest in front of city hall on Sunday, as members of the Syrian Refugee Support Centre, Calgary Anti-Fascist Action and the Raging Grannies held signs and worked to shout down an anti-Muslim rally sponsored by World Coalition Against Islam.
Syrian refugees in Calgary worry for families after U.S.-led missile strike | Calgary Herald
Syrian refugees in Calgary worry for families after U.S.-led missile strike.
On early Saturday, more than 100 missiles fired from U.S., U.K. and French aircraft and naval ships struck three Syrian military targets in retaliation of a suspected chlorine gas attack on civilians in Douma by Syrian forces. The U.S. has said it suspects sarin gas was also used.
“Trump, he inform (Syrian President Bashar) Assad to stop the chemical, but he doesn’t stop it,” said Ayman Moufal, a refugee who fled Syria and came to Canada over a year ago with his wife and three children.
Moufal said he is worried about the safety of his wife’s family who are still in Syria, saying the civil war has taken its toll on his family.
“This attack from Trump, I don’t know what’s going on after. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s not … . What I know now is I am safe.”
Ammar Ajsha, a Syrian refugee who has been in Canada for about five years, said his mother, father and two sisters who are still in Syria are a=safe after the strike, adding that he wants coalition forces to “crack the regime,” but said Friday’s salvo won’t stop the Syrian civil war.
One day after the missile strikes, Ajsha, Moufal and 25 other Syrian newcomers attended the National Syrian Community Blood Drive in Calgary, a nation-wide effort involving more than 350 donors in 10 cities from the Syrian refugee community.
There was also a counter-protest in front of city hall on Sunday, as members of the Syrian Refugee Support Centre, Calgary Anti-Fascist Action and the Raging Grannies held signs and worked to shout down an anti-Muslim rally sponsored by World Coalition Against Islam.
Syrian refugees in Calgary worry for families after U.S.-led missile strike | Calgary Herald
