Israel Matzav

Religion of rape

Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan and Lebanon are telling stories of gang rapes, according to the New York-based International Rescue Committee.

The New York-based International Rescue Committee (IRC) said Syrian refugees interviewed in Lebanon and Jordan gave sexual violence as a primary reason for their flight, saying that gang rapes often occur in front of family members.

"After decades of working in war and disaster zones, the IRC knows that women and girls suffer physical and sexual violence in every conflict. Syria is no exception," the IRC said in a 23-page report entitled "Syria: a regional crisis".

"Many women and girls relayed accounts of being attacked in public or in their homes, primarily by armed men," it added, without identifying those responsible.

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The IRC said it was also told of attacks in which women and girls were kidnapped, raped, tortured and killed.

"For survivors who manage to flee, there is a shortage of medical and counseling services to help them recover in the communities where they have settled and even there, challenges continue. Many women and girls face unsafe conditions in refugee camps as well as elevated levels of domestic violence."

It's interesting that they won't say whether it's Assad's goons of the Islamist rebels who are behind this. I would bet on both.

Just imagine what they would do to Jews if God forbid they were given the chance.

Labels: Jordan, Lebanon, religion of rape, Syria

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:51 PM