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Assad's barrel bombs kill 15, including 8 children, in Deir Ezzor
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] At least 15 people, including 8 children, were killed on Saturday in barrel kabooms on al-Hamidiyya neighborhood in the northeastern city of Deir Ezzor, activists said.8 children, mostly brothers, and a women were among the casualties of the Syrian regime For months, the regime has waged an unrelenting aerial campaign against the opposition-held areas making particular use of crude so-called barrel bombs. Rights groups criticize the weapons as indiscriminate and say they are more likely to cause civilian casualties. Syria's four-year-old war has killed more than 220,000 people and forced millions out of their homes. Posted by: Fred 2015-05-25 |
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