article_snippet: The study was backed by 130 international NGOs that are part of the #withSyria coalition, which aims to raise awareness about the ongoing conflict.
article_snippet: Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who briefed the media on the results of the analysis, said: 'What is happening on the ground in Syria is a humanitarian and human rights catastrophe of the first order. '
article_snippet: I believe it is the single most important issue in the Middle East today, yet it sometimes feels as though the world has forgotten about the world.
article_snippet: The international community can and must supply more intense political pressure to stop the violence and human rights abuses that are fueling this crisis.'
article_snippet: More than 200,000 people have been killed and another four million have fled Syria since the conflict  between rebel groups and President Bashar al-Assad began in March 2011.
article_snippet: In this period, the Islamic State has seized control of large swathes of territory in large swathes of territory bid to establish a caliphate across the Middle East.
article_snippet: Syrians deserve much better from int'l community.
article_snippet: It's past time to show that we will work with Syria’s people to turn the lights back on' In a press conference, Former British foreign secretary David Miliband, no the president of the International Rescue Committee, added: 'Syria is entering the dark ages, literally and metaphorically'.
highlights_snippet: More than 200,000 people have been killed since war began in March 2011 .