https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/saeed-al-batal-east-ghouta/rss en Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces War Economy Fri, 13 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Saeed al-Batal / East Ghouta https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/09/13/in-east-ghouta-defiance-and-self-reliance https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/09/13/in-east-ghouta-defiance-and-self-reliance U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says 100,000 deaths in Syria are a “stain on the world’s conscience” and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon admitted that his organization failed to stop Syria’s war from escalating.