If Your Own Country Experienced The Same Disaster As Syria, This Is What It Would Look Like

If the UK were Syria, everyone in Reading would be dead.

A new website, If We Were Syrian, has launched to show the impact of violence in Syria by comparing deaths in the country with cities around the world. The website shows stark figures of the reality of the conflict in the Middle East.

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London would be practically deserted to reflect the 8.3 million in Syria in need of aid. Meanwhile everyone in Reading would be dead.

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The founders of the website, two journalists, created the website so people could "imagine the crisis in our own country." Users can make country comparisons with countries in the G7 but they hope to expand that soon.

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Shannon Gormley, one of the founders, told BuzzFeed she launched the project with her partner, Drew Gough, as the pair wanted to draw attention to the region.

"The needs are astounding," she said. "Not just for the refugees but also the host countries. And the international community is not providing enough support. The UN has said there are going to be dire consequences if more aid isn't given."

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