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Russian jets bombard Syria’s Aleppo, kill 17 civilians
2016-04-29
[AA.TR] Seventeen civilians bit the dust and 45 others were maimed Thursday by Russian Arclight airstrikes on Aleppo province in northwestern Syria, a civil defense official said.



Najib al-Ansar told Anadolu Agency that Russian warplanes targeted the al-Kallasa neighborhood.



On Wednesday, 30 people were killed and 62 others were maimed by a Russian warplane that targeted a field hospital in Aleppo’s al-Sokkari neighborhood.

U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
said in a written statement that the U.S. was "outraged" by the attacks, adding that Russia had "an urgent responsibility to press the regime to fulfill its commitments" to abide fully by the cessation of hostilities agreement.

According to the deal reached in February, all parties in Syria had to stop attacks. The agreement excluded ISIS and al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Russia began its military intervention in Syria in September, reportedly after a formal request for help by the embattled Bashir al-Assad regime against armed opposition groups.

In March, Russia announced a partial reduction of its forces deployed in the war-ravaged country.



According to a tally compiled by Anadolu Agency, more than 361,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict erupted in 2011.
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