Syria is 'one of the greatest humanitarian catastrophes,' says human rights lawyer
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A decade has passed since the Arab Spring’s uprising spread through the Middle East hitting and hit Syria. Protests wracked Southern Syria and eventually spread to the capital of Damascus -- the home of the country's leader, Bashar Al-Assad.
Today, 10 years into a civil war the country is in ruins. According to the United Nations, more than 400,000 people have been killed. It is estimated upwards of 1 million have been injured. Half of the country's pre-war population have been thrown out of their homes, with the UN estimating that more than 5 million have become refugees outside the country's borders and another 6 million internally displaced. "We are obviously seeing one of the greatest humanitarian catastrophes," London-based human rights lawyer Toby Cadman told Fox News.More Related News