The group's Asia director, Brad Adams, said neither the army nor the rebels appear to have any reluctance in using civilians as "cannon fodder."The United Nations aid agencies said they have little access to an estimated 50,000 civilians who are trapped in the conflict zone.Confronting the region’s political tripwires, he evoked “the loss, the hardship and the suffering” of Palestinians in war-torn Gaza, saying he prayed for the lifting of the economic embargo that Israel has imposed there since the militant group Hamas took control in 2007.
