"It’s bad enough fleeing one time for your life, never mind four. But for some, trekking into a civil war zone in Syria is safer than staying where they are. Over the weekend, over 200,000 displaced Iraqis Christians, Shiite Muslims, and adherents of Shabak faith crossed the border into Syria to escape the ISIS violence in Iraq.
"Baptist Global Response Executive Director Jeff Palmer confirms, “What we’re trying to do is help people who have gone back and forth. Imagine that you’re in a place where you think you’re safe: you’ve already fled home, and then you’ve got to go back to that place. It’s just extremely confusing and extremely hard on the families.”
"Palmer explains that some of these Internally Displaced People (IDPs) are Iraqi Christians who fled to Syria two or three years ago, left Syria when civil war broke out, and headed back to Iraq. Now, as jihadists advance, tens of thousands of these IDPs are on the move. So desperate is their situation, they have sought safety in a country aflame in a civil war. Palmer says, “It’s extremely hard for the aid givers, like us, to keep up with where folks are and where they need the help the most.”
"Islamic State militants warn people should convert to their version of Islam, pay religious tax, flee, or face death. They have left a trail of brutalized corpses in the wake of towns they conquer. Palmer warns that will continue. “You’ve got a group that is looking at setting up its own government, its own military, and its own state. It’s not just in one country: it crosses borders...'”
"Baptist Global Response Executive Director Jeff Palmer confirms, “What we’re trying to do is help people who have gone back and forth. Imagine that you’re in a place where you think you’re safe: you’ve already fled home, and then you’ve got to go back to that place. It’s just extremely confusing and extremely hard on the families.”
"Palmer explains that some of these Internally Displaced People (IDPs) are Iraqi Christians who fled to Syria two or three years ago, left Syria when civil war broke out, and headed back to Iraq. Now, as jihadists advance, tens of thousands of these IDPs are on the move. So desperate is their situation, they have sought safety in a country aflame in a civil war. Palmer says, “It’s extremely hard for the aid givers, like us, to keep up with where folks are and where they need the help the most.”
"Islamic State militants warn people should convert to their version of Islam, pay religious tax, flee, or face death. They have left a trail of brutalized corpses in the wake of towns they conquer. Palmer warns that will continue. “You’ve got a group that is looking at setting up its own government, its own military, and its own state. It’s not just in one country: it crosses borders...'”
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