Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Discussion.

3:30 pm

Photo of Mark DalyMark Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I am sorry. There are also air strikes. The fear is that the city will be overrun and the civilian population will be slaughtered. Are the witnesses aware that the civilian population is surrounded in situations where media blackouts seems to be in place? If such a city is overrun we are talking about a massacre of the entire civilian population. Has that come across the radar of the witnesses?