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Syrian Rebels Claim Massive Aleppo Hotel Bombing
[Ynet] A rebel-claimed bombing Thursday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo leveled a hotel that government troops used as a military base, along with several other buildings in a government-held area, activists and Death Eaters said.Syrian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? said an kaboom struck a government-held area on the edge of a contested neighborhood in old part of Aleppo. The television report identified the hotel as the Carlton hotel, located next to the city's ancient Citadel. A local activist group called the Sham News Network also reported the blast, saying that  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Scourge of Qusayr... 's troops were based in the hotel. The Islamic Front rebel group grabbed credit for the blast. A statement posted on its official Twitter account Thursday said that its "fighters this morning leveled the Carlton Hotel barracks in Old Aleppo and a number of buildings near it, killing 50 soldiers." It did not say how it knew how many soldiers died. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-05-09 |
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