Actor & director Ben Stiller appeared on Capitol Hill to testify on behalf of Syrian refugees as rescue workers and humanitarian groups warn of intensifying bombing raids and violence by Russian and Assad regime forces in northwestern areas of the country
Stiller, now a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, recounted his visits to refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan, especially decrying how the conflict had affected children.He recalled meeting one 13-year-old boy from Aleppo in a Jordanian refugee camp who was working 12- to 13-hour days in an auto body shop because rules forbid the adults from working.Stiller described the boy's"very war-weary face, beautiful green eyes.
CNN reports live from front lines in Syria 07:32"The violence must end," Ortagus said."We call on all parties, including Russia and the Syrian regime, to abide by their commitments to avoid large scale military offensives, return to a de-escalation of violence in the area, and allow for unhindered humanitarian access to address the humanitarian disaster created by the ongoing violence.
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