Blend

A reflection of our times.

This is Serjilla, one of the Dead Cities of Syria. I arrived in Serjilla from Homs. Reading about the death toll from the Syrian army's shelling of residential neighborhoods in Homs and I can't help but think that maybe Homs will be the Serjilla of our generation. Or is that title already claimed by Quneitra? And so, a rising death toll in Homs, posturing by both Iran and Israel with Hizbollah likely to renew attacks on Israel from Lebanon and it all sounds like the Middle East will burn again. When will we ever learn?