Syria: ICRC president Peter Maurer’s visit in images

05-09-2012 Photo gallery

Peter Maurer visits patients at a Red Crescent medical point. Photos taken during ICRC president Peter Maurer's visit to Syria, 3 to 6 September 2012.

- Harasta National Hospital, Harasta, Rural Damascus, Syria. A surgeon talks to ICRC president Peter Maurer about the situation at the hospital and the difficulty of obtaining medical supplies.
  © ICRC / I. Malla / sy-e-00142
- Harasta National Hospital, Harasta, Rural Damascus, Syria. A surgeon explains to ICRC president Peter Maurer the treatment this man is receiving, and the difficulty of obtaining medical supplies.
  © ICRC / I. Malla / sy-e-00143
- Mu'adhamiya, Rural Damascus, Syria. ICRC president Peter Maurer visits patients at a Red Crescent medical point.
  © ICRC / I. Malla
- Mu'adhamiya, Rural Damascus, Syria. A Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer holds a boy after treating his injures.
  © ICRC / I. Malla
- Syrian Arab Red Crescent medical unit, Qaboun, Rural Damascus, Syria. A volunteer explains to ICRC president Peter Maurer how the medical unit functions and what the most urgent needs are.
  © ICRC / I. Malla / sy-e-00139
- House destroyed by fighting, Mu'adhamiya, Rural Damascus, Syria. Red Crescent volunteers explain to ICRC president Peter Maurer that the owners and many others have fled the area because of the fighting.
  © ICRC / I. Malla / sy-e-00135
- Syrian Arab Red Crescent medical unit, Qaboun, Rural Damascus, Syria. ICRC president Peter Maurer talks to a local resident.
  © ICRC / I. Malla / sy-e-00140
- Maysat distribution point, Damascus, Syria. A Red Crescent volunteer tells ICRC president Peter Maurer about the preparation of food parcels for distribution to displaced families throughout Syria.
  © ICRC / I. Malla / sy-00144
- Harasta, Rural Damascus, Syria. ICRC president Peter Maurer talks to a doctor from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent’s Harasta branch.
  © ICRC / I. Malla / sy-e-00172
- Mu'adhamiya, Rural Damascus, Syria. ICRC president Peter Maurer talks to displaced persons living temporarily in a school.
  © ICRC / I. Malla
- Mu'adhamiya, Rural Damascus, Syria. ICRC president Peter Maurer talks to a boy during a visit to a school hosting displaced persons.
  © ICRC / I. Malla

Syria: ICRC president Peter Maurer’s visit in images

05-09-2012 Photo gallery

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