Social Justice Network’s 3rd International Tour of Peace to Syria due in Mid September
After the success of the first tours of “International Tours of Peace to Syria”, Social Justice Network has completed all the logistic preparation to send the 3rd tour to Damascus in mid September. This will coincide with the Syrian celebration of Eid Al Adha (the feast of sacrifice), a media release issued by the Network has announced.
The press release, of which The “Syria Times” e-newspaper got a copy, said ”despite logistic problems and despite the many obstacles thrown in our way by the Australian authorities, both tours in October 2015 and in April this year were a great success.”
The 3rd tour is promising to be the biggest and busiest. So far we have 12 participants from 9 different countries who have registered to participate in the tour.
The participants are from Norway, US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia, NZ, Jordan and Lebanon.
The tour will have a very busy schedule and lots of different activities. Among such activities there will be a few, without going into detail now, that will have a deep impact on many Western participants as they will find out the truth of the real status quo in Syria. The participants will meet many high-profile officials and religious leaders.
In our 2nd tour we had the privilege to explore the old city of Palmyra. We were the first civilians to visit the ancient city since it was liberated. This made the visit even more special.
In our 3rd tour we will be the first group to send civilians to Aleppo.
Just like the past trips, 3rd tour participants will enjoy spending 6 days in Syria.
For many participants this will be the second or even third trip. What they experienced in the previous tour/s touched them profoundly, so much that they fell in love with this beautiful country and wish to return.
The tour will see popular NZ nurse Warren Marriner return to visit the country he fell in love with. Mr Merriner was deported from Australia after his participation in the first tour. We have arranged for him to stay in Syria for a few weeks where he will be carrying out volunteer work in various Syrian hospitals.
His participation is a direct challenge to the Australian authorities’ complacency in supporting terrorist and by trying to stop any flow of information on what is really happening in Syria.
Again this tour, like the previous ones, will have a busy schedule and will include meetings with officials, ministers, religious leaders and aid workers.
Hamda Mustafa