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| Rights monitor: Turkish airstrike in August killed 24 civilians |
| 2016-09-16 |
| [RUDAW.NET] A Turkish attack on Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria in late August killed 24 civilians, 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.... stated in a report released Thursday, saying that both the SDF and ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... share the blame for the civilian deaths. Among the 24 killed were six children; in addition between 10 and 15 SDF fighters were also killed in the attack. "Two local residents told Human Rights Watch that before sunrise on August 28, Turkish aircraft struck SDF forces who had just disembarked from military vehicles among residential buildings in which about four dozen civilians had sought shelter from nearby fighting," reads the report. "Artillery shelling soon after resulted in additional casualties." The human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. monitor stated that both Turkish and SDF forces could have done more to protect civilian lives. "The deaths of 24 civilians could have been avoided if the SDF fighters hadn’t positioned themselves among buildings filled with civilians and Turkish forces had made a better effort to determine whether civilians were there," said the deputy emergencies director at Human Rights Watch, Ole Solvang. |
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