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40 Syria rebels dead in Aleppo air raid: activists
2015-05-22
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] At least 40 rebels were killed as an army Arclight airstrike on their base in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo triggered a huge kaboom Thursday, a monitoring group said.

The Salafist tough guys had shells stored at the base, which magnified the blast, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP.

"The shells went kaboom! when the strike happened, and witnesses there described an kaboom like an earthquake," Abdel Rahman said.

"At least 40 rebels from Islamist factions, including three leaders, were killed when Syria's army dropped a barrel bomb and fired a rocket on their base in Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo city," the Britannia-based Observatory said.

Al-Shaar falls within opposition-controlled east Aleppo city, which is regularly bombarded by warplanes and helicopters.

Abdel Rahman said the fighters targeted were part of the Northern Front, a coalition of Islamist factions formed in December. (
Posted by:Fred

#1  The Salafist tough guys had shells stored at the base, which magnified the blast

Another Islamic holy site gone.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-05-22 03:35  

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