Amal Leila is based in Syria. Like all our contributors in country she writes under a pen name for security reasons. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/amal-leila/rss en Health Human Rights Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Amal Leila https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/10/30/critical-condition-a-syrian-female-doctor-makes-a-desperate-plea-to-the-u-n-for-help https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/10/30/critical-condition-a-syrian-female-doctor-makes-a-desperate-plea-to-the-u-n-for-help ‘I wish that the urgency that moved the U.S. and other governments to bomb ISIS was matched by an urgency to save the lives of civilians’.