You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Assad forces ‘bombed Daraya’ after food delivery
2016-06-12
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The United States condemned Bashir al-Assad's Syrian regime Friday, accusing it of bombing starving civilians just hours after they received a long-delayed UN aid shipment.

Late on Thursday, the besieged rebel-held town of Daraya received its first United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
food delivery since 2012, a lifeline for the suffering population.

Shortly afterwards, according to a witness and human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
monitors, Assad's forces bombarded the town, dropping indiscriminate barrel bombs from helicopters as residents shared food.

"The Syrian regime conducted multiple barrel kabooms on Daraya this morning," State Department front man Mark Toner said.

"That came just hours after the UN convoy arrived," he told news hounds.

Posted by:Fred

00:00