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| Air strike near Aleppo leaves 30+ dead | |
| 2012-08-16 | |
| Syrian warplanes have attacked the northern town of Azaz near Aleppo, killing 30 people and wounding many more, activists say. Rescuers scoured the rubble in search of survivors and casualties were taken to a nearby field hospital as well as to the Turkish border for treatment. A Shia Muslim clan said on Wednesday that it had kidnapped 20 Syrians in Lebanon in retaliation for the abduction of a Lebanese kidnapped by rebels in Damascus on Monday. The rebels claimed Hassan al-Meqdad was a member of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, an allegation denied by Hezbollah. A group of 11 Lebanese hostages was among those caught up in Wednesday's air strike on Azaz. Four of the group were reported missing after the attack, while the others were said to be wounded. "The building they were in was hit," a rebel commander told a Lebanese TV channel.
"All the houses were full of women and children who were asleep because of the Ramadan fast," a 50-year-old man told AFP. Azaz is a few miles south of the Turkish border and some 30 miles (48km) north of Aleppo, Syria's biggest city where the army is trying to claw back areas of the city taken over by rebels. It was unclear whether opposition forces were in Azaz, although an Associated Press reporter said the rebels had offices not far away. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Yes |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-08-16 09:07 |
| #1 Good guys or bad guys (ROTFL) |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-08-16 08:03 |