Assad's regime killed an American -- and no one seems to care

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Assad’s regime killed an American — and no one seems to care

By Jason Rezaian
Global Opinions writer
December 13 at 11:49 AM

Last month the U.S. government confirmed that an American citizen had died in Syrian captivity. Sources concluded that Layla Shweikani, a U.S. citizen with Syrian roots, had been tortured and then executed.

The response? Nothing. Neither the U.S. government nor the American public reacted in any noticeable way.

“It’s disheartening that there not only has been no outrage over the murder of an American by the Assad regime, but that there has been little to no coverage on her story by our national media,” Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) told me this week. “I’ll continue to ask questions, I’ll continue to speak out for Layla, and will urge my colleagues to do the same.”

Shweikani lived with her family in a suburb of Chicago. Appalled by the destruction of the war raging in her ancestral homeland, she went back in 2015 to help those devastated by the conflict.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/13/assads-regime-killed-an-american-no-one-seems-care/

[Iliyah]

1. e-mails . . .

Benghazi!

[katmondoo]

2. I did not know of her

There should be more reporting of these types of incidents. I follow the news and never heard a word about this