{"id":159979,"date":"2018-04-14T22:03:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T02:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=159979"},"modified":"2018-04-14T22:03:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T02:03:05","slug":"no-filipino-casualty-in-syrian-airstrikes-dfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/14\/no-filipino-casualty-in-syrian-airstrikes-dfa\/","title":{"rendered":"No Filipino casualty in Syrian airstrikes: DFA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday that no Filipino was reported among the casualties in military strikes in Syria at about 4 a.m. Damascus time.<\/p>\n

DFA communication chief Elmer Cato said the Philippine Embassy in Damascus has been contacting members of the Filipino community to check their on situation since the missile strikes began.<\/p>\n

“So far, the Embassy has not received any reports of Filipino casualties in the attacks that appear to have targeted military installations in and around Damascus,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The Embassy also has not received any request for assistance from any of the estimated 500 Filipinos in Damascus and the other 500 in other parts of Syria,” he added.<\/p>\n

The department, for its part, reminded all Filipinos to stay inside their homes.<\/p>\n

Cato said the Embassy had issued advisories to members of the Filipino Community as early as April 8 in anticipation of a possible military action against Syria, following the alleged chemical attack in Douma and the mortar shelling of certain parts of Damascus in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

“The Embassy has issued an advisory requesting our kababayans to stay in their homes until further advice,” he said.<\/p>\n

On Saturday (Manila time), United States President Donald Trump announced the joint US-British-French operation targeting the regime of Ashar al-Bassad in retaliation for the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta on April 7.<\/p>\n

The Philippine Embassy on Saturday afternoon reported that at least three military installations in Damascus and several other areas in Syria were targeted in the missile attacks.<\/p>\n

Among those targeted was an installation located 1 km. from the Embassy.<\/p>\n

All personnel of the Philippine Embassy led by Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Crescente Relacion are safe and accounted for, according to the DFA.<\/p>\n

There were 17,000 Filipinos in Syria when the civil war erupted in 2011. Syria remained under crisis alert level IV since then.<\/p>\n

According to Cato, the remaining 1,000 Filipinos in Syria are mostly spouses of Syrian nationals and household service workers.<\/p>\n

With the highest crisis alert level still in place, a labor deployment ban for new Filipino workers has been imposed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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