Zau Seng (far right), I miss you and love you very much. Thank you for showing me how to live, for putting a light on the world. I will miss you until I see you again in heaven. You are my brother and hero.
Thank you for meeting with us and for honoring Zau and us! We are grateful for you and inspired by you and the Kurds. Thank you for being a great leader and example! We will continue to pray for you and the people of NE Syria and help as we can!
Honored to meet
@FreeBurmaRangrs
members to thank them for their restless efforts to help the people of NE
#Syria
. My most sincere condolences to Zau Seng family, friends and colleagues. We are grateful to Zau Seng. FBR member martyred by a targeted attack on the medical team.
Right now, it hurts. But, with this pain, with this loss, we will keep shining a light, will keep sharing love, will keep helping as we can. All this, we want to do in honor of Zau and in memory of Zau. (Part 1 of 2 from our update from today, Nov. 4)
Turkish drone strikes continue here north of Tel Tamir. 26 people have been killed by drone strikes in this area in the last 3 days. Video from today, 8 Nov. 2019.
@FreeBurmaRangrs
#syria
#turkey
#drones
(1/2) Update from yesterday here in northeastern
#Syria
. We continue to help and appeal to the US to stand with those under attack here. There have been too many displaced, too many wounded, and too many killed already.
Thank you all for praying and for helping share what’s really happening in northeastern Syria. Here’s the update from today, Oct. 27, from Tel Tamir. Part 1 of 2
Thank you to the Kurdish Red Crescent (
@HeyvaKurd
) for all your help caring for the wounded here in northeastern
#Syria
! We are grateful to your teams for their great work!
Video update from yesterday, Nov. 13, here in NE
#Syria
. The first step we need to have happen is for a no fly zone to be established here. These daily drone strikes have been absolutely deadly. Numbers of those killed/wounded are included in the update.
People here have called Zau their son. Gen.
@MazloumAbdi
said it felt like Zau was one of his. This outpouring of love and support has helped us heal a little more. These have been beautiful ceremonies! Thank you all for helping us honor and remember Zau Seng!
The past couple of days have involved ceremonies honoring Zau Seng. From meeting with
@MazloumAbdi
to ceremonies today where Zau was honored with other SDF killed, we are grateful for the outpouring of love and support here in NE Syria.
(3/3) There’s a lot of fighting, a lot of wounded, and a lot of dead. There is no ceasefire and I wish the world would finally admit it. I have the blood of dead Kurds on my clothes. That’s from today. That’s what’s really happening.
May 2023: Video report of multiple rescues from our Shan State FBR teams. Filmed and edited by teams in the field, showing a firsthand account of what FBR looks like on the ground in Karenni State, Burma.
(1/3) Today, Oct. 26, has been the biggest day of fighting so far. We’re near Soda Village, which has fallen, and have been hit by artillery and Turkish drones. Three Turkish armored vehicles came into the village with cannons, machine guns, and dismounted infantry.
Karenni children praying in a hiding place as the Burma Army bombs and strafes them between 8-9 August 2022. Loikaw area, Karenni State, Burma.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Today, on the second anniversary of the coup in Burma, we are with displaced Karenni people in their hiding place in a children’s program.
Please continue to pray and bring awareness to what is happening in Burma. God bless you.
Today, Nov. 9, four Syrian Army soldiers were killed and seven wounded, including one general, by Turkish/Free Syrian Army mortars here in the Um Kayf area north of Tel Tamir. We helped treat and evacuate with the Kurdish Red Crescent.
#syria
Thank you to everyone who went and saw the
@fbrmovie
! We hope you enjoyed it and learned more about what’s happening in Burma, Iraq, Syria, and Kurdistan. This Sunday is the Global Day of Prayer for Burma. We hope you will join us in showing support for the people of Burma!
We believe there is a way forward in this and we hope and pray for peace and reconciliation. It’s not easy, but we believe it is possible and will continue to do our part to help those under attack here. Part 2 of 2.
(2/3) The FSA hit our casualty collection point but we were able to get our guys and wounded people out. We’ve fallen back to evacuate more people but the fighting is in front of us and behind us now, very close to Tel Tamir.
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36 wounded/dead because of Turkish/FSA mortar attacks and drones on Nov. 9. Of the total, 6 were killed and 30 were wounded. 35 were members of the Syrian Army and 1 was a wounded Kurdish Red Crescent medic. North of Tel Tamir.
#Syria
#Turkey
#drones
@liveuamap
@lummideast
Six Villagers Killed in Three Days
10 June 2023
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Dear friends,
We are very sad to share this news with you. The Burma Army troops in Moebya, Shan State, have killed at least six civilians over the last three days.
Our newest report looks at the Turkish
#drones
used by Turks/FSA that are on par with U.S. Predator drones. The drones fly constantly here in
#Syria
in support of
#FSA
forces. Over 1,000 people wounded and over 200 killed - half of that from drone strikes.
Since the beginning of the Turkish/FSA attacks in October,
#drones
have been used to attack SDF, civilians, ambulances, and more. This report from
@DaveEubankFBR
shows what’s been used and the devastating effects of the drone strikes here in
#Syria
.
I am so sad to report to you that we lost a Ranger children’s program leader. Thant Zaw Htwe was killed by a Burma Army landmine on 11 April 2023, in Nyaunglebin District, Karen State, Burma.
12 March 2023: Global Day of Prayer for Burma
Please join us in prayer for a change of heart for the dictators and the Burma Army, for a new government founded in love and forgiveness, and for reconciliation and the building of a new Burma.
3 September 2023: Internally Displaced People (IDPs) fleeing the Burma Army in Karen State, Burma.
Total recent IDPs in Mone Township in September 2023 are 734 families with 4,349 people. Please pray for these families and for them to get the help they need.
At 1530 today, Nov. 10, a Turkish drone strike hit SDF, wounding four people. Strike happened at Um Kayf, 3km north of Tel Tamir. They were evacuated to the hospital in Tel Tamir.
#Syria
#Turkey
#drones
@liveuamap
@lummideas
Jungle Chicken, May 2023
Thank you for being with us in Jesus name. Below are photos of missions in Burma and Syria and finishes up with little kids in the US where Sahale and Suu attend Texas A&m University in-between missions.
Love, Dave, family, FBR
Update: David Eubank & his family as they celebrate the graduation of 165 new Rangers & the baptism of 7 new believers, while preparing for upcoming missions of relief teams to areas all over Burma. The teams’ mission of compassion, hope & help continues to make a lasting impact.
On Nov. 23 we were asked to help rescue people wounded and retrieve the bodies of those killed by Turkish
#drone
strikes in NE
#Syria
. Here’s part one:
(2/2) We are at the front line south of Sari Kani and we are trying to get through to help evacuate the wounded but cannot because of the attacks and because the FSA has blocked all access. We need prayer and a humanitarian corridor to get the wounded and any civilians out.
(1/2) Last night, a ceasefire was announced for northeast Syria but this morning the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) attacked. Today, 30 people were wounded by a Turk-FSA shelling east of Sari Kani. The wounded in the surrounded town of Sari Kani are still trapped.
Situation Maps: The Burma Army’s Authority Deteriorates as it Struggles to Maintain Control within the Country
24 April 2023
Map 1: Pre-Coup Burma Army Areas of Authority
Map 2: Post-Coup Burma Army Areas of Authority
Yes, thank you to everyone for your prayers and support! We hope this piece and the videos and reports we’ve shared have helped more people get to know Zau Seng and how amazing he was.
In the past week, there's been an outpouring of love and support for Zau Seng. Here's a look at Zau's life and work along with tributes from those that knew him or were impacted by his legacy. Thank you all for your prayers and support!
3 May 2022: Video of some of the 8,000 people hiding in caves from Burma Army attacks in the Bilin area of Doo Tha Htoo District, Karen State, Burma. FBR
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
15 September 2022: Soldiers from the Burma Army's Battalion 422 fired artillery into the city of MoBye in Karenni State, Burma. The attack injured 13 people and killed two children and two adults.
25 February 2021
IDP school in hiding as Burma Army shells near the village of Ler Sho Ko, Ler Doh Township, Karen State, Burma.
The teacher and students had to flee their classroom as mortars from the Burma Army continuously hit near their village.
Ranger Killed by Airstrike in Karenni State: Saw Ree Doh
We are sorry to let you know one of our Rangers, Saw Ree Doh, was killed by a Burma military airstrike on 24 February 2022.
A Walk With Jesus
Right before going in on the latest Karen relief mission, I was with my father, on what he said was his last border walk. Dad is 93 years old and has been serving in Thailand for over 60 years as a missionary.
Grateful for other people and orgs who continue to shine a light on
#Kurdistan
. We hope people in the Dc area and others around the world will join in praying for the Kurds today. We pray not just for an actual ceasefire, but for peace here.
8 Sept 2023: A Karen farmer, U Naing Htway, was caught by the Burma Army in Kler Ta Ku Teh Village, Karen State as he tried to return home to feed his pigs. They beat him until he was unconscious and left him to die. 3 days later, his family found him & was able to save his life.
Burma Army Bombs IDP Camp, Killing 29 and Wounding 57 in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State
Please pray in solidarity with us for the people of Kachin and of Burma as they endure these heinous and senseless Burma Army attacks on their territories.
25 June 2023: Funeral for the four villagers killed. Here with widows and their families in Pasaung area of southern Karenni State, Burma.
Over 6,000 people are now hiding from daily attacks over the past five days in southern Karenni State.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Field Report: Burma Army Massacres Civilians and Buddhist Monks in Shan State and Kills Children in Karen State, 8 March – 12 March
13 March 2023
Burma
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