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24 ISIS Bad Guys have a Very Bad Day
BEIRUT: At least 24 Daesh terrorists and eight civilians were killed in airstrikes Sunday on Syria's Raqa, the de facto capital of the militant movement, a monitor said.It was unclear whether the raids were carried out by Syrian, Russian or US-led coalition warplanes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "At least 24 Daesh members, among them three commanders, as well as eight civilians were killed in airstrikes," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said. "We do not know whether the warplanes were from the US-led coalition, the Syrian regime or Russia," he added. Also on Sunday, a monitor said clashes around Aleppo have killed at least 16 pro-regime militants and 19 members of Al-Qaeda's affiliate and allied rebel groups within a 24-hour period. "Fierce fighting raged past midnight on several fronts in the south of Aleppo province," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Shelling and fighting in the past 24 hours has left 19 Syrian and non-Syrian members of Al-Nusra dead... while 16 pro-regime militants were also killed," the Observatory said, adding that one of the rebels had blown himself up. A truce brokered by the United States and Russia, which back opposing sides in Syria's war, does not apply to the fight against militants. Across much of Syria, the Feb. 27 truce has largely held. In areas where Al-Nusra fights alongside allied rebel groups, violence has been frequent in spite of the ceasefire. Around Aleppo in particular, "the ceasefire has all but collapsed on the main front lines," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said. "Al-Nusra, Ahrar Al-Sham and their allies are pushing an offensive to take back turf seized around Aleppo by the regime before the truce came into force," he told AFP. The civilian death toll has dropped as air raids and barrel bomb strikes by the regime on residential areas have all but ceased, Abdel Rahman said. "The violence around front lines has by no means stopped," he added. Posted by: badanov 2016-04-12 |
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