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| 12 Dead in Syria Rebel Shelling of Aleppo | |
| 2015-03-24 | |
| [AnNahar] At least 12 people were killed and 30 maimed on Monday in rebel fire on government-held districts of Syria's second city Aleppo, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? said. In a breaking news alert, the channel said children were among the casualties in "terrorist shelling of the city." The bombardment was also reported by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britannia-based monitor, which put the corpse count at 13, including five children. The group reported at least 33 people maimed and said the corpse count was expected to rise because of the number of seriously injured. The Observatory said the rocket fire hit several neighborhoods in the government-controlled west of Aleppo, and came a day after at least four people were killed in similar rebel fire. Once Syria's industrial powerhouse, Aleppo has been ravaged by the conflict, and control of the city is divided between the government-held west and rebel-held east. Government forces regularly pound rebel-held areas from the air, and opposition fighters fire rockets and mortar rounds into the west. The rebel fire came as Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... criticized opposition fighters in a new report for "indiscriminate" attacks against civilians in government-controlled areas. HRW warned there had been a "race to the bottom in Syria, with rebel groups mimicking the ruthlessness of government forces."
Barrel bombs are crudely made weapons -- barrels or oil drums packed with explosives -- that are usually dropped by helicopter and have been criticized as indiscriminate by rights groups. More than 215,000 people have been killed in Syria since an anti-government uprising that began with peaceful demonstrations in March 2011. The conflict has since become a complex multi-front war that has attracted thousands of imported muscle to jihadist organizations such as the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. IS grabbed credit on Saturday for a double kaboom on Kurdish new year festivities in the northeastern city of Hasakeh on Friday night. On Monday, the Observatory said the toll in that attack had risen from 45 to 54 dead, among them 20 children. | |
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