Russian airstrikes hit rebel-held Aleppo as battle rages
Source: Deutsche Welle
Russian and Syrian government planes have targeted rebel-held areas of Aleppo in a bid for the rebel's last supply line. Meanwhile, hundreds have fled "Islamic State"-held areas of northern Syria amidst mass abductions.
Syrian government forces closed in on the opposition's last remaining supply line on Saturday, aided by Russian and Syrian-government airstrikes, a monitoring group reported. The Russian airstrikes targeted Castello Road, the last route out of the opposition-held eastern part of the city. A child was one of two people killed during strikes on an opposition neighborhood, the White Helmets civil defense group reported.
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In eastern Syria, at least 47 people - including 31 civilians - were killed on Saturday during airstrikes on a village controlled by the militant "Islamic State" (IS) group, the Observatory said. The monitor added that the strikes were conducted by Syrian regime and Russia warplanes, which hit the militant-controlled village of Quoriya in the eastern Deir al-Zour province. Some of the dead were children.
Russia has denied targeting civilians.
Read more: http://www.dw.com/en/russian-airstrikes-hit-rebel-held-aleppo-as-battle-rages/a-19357527
BBC radio said whole families were killed in this carpet bombing by Russia/Syria
pampango
(24,692 posts)Igel
(35,268 posts)"There is no military solution."
That sometimes means, "We're not smart enough to come up with a military solution."
More often it means, "We're too afraid to actually implement a military solution--domestic politics might be against it, or there might be some possible, albeit highly unlikely, consequence we're terrified of." Can't say that, though.
NobodyHere
(2,810 posts)newthinking
(3,982 posts)It is no wonder that this fact is not mention as "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" has been exposed as a propaganda front.