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uhnope

(6,419 posts)
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 05:33 AM Jul 2016

Air strikes kill 11, including children, in Syria’s Idlib

Source: Al Arabiya

At least 11 civilians, including three children, were killed in air strikes on a rebel-held town in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province on Wednesday, a monitor said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said it was unclear if the strikes on the town of Ariha in Idlib province were carried out by Syrian government or Russian war planes.

The town is controlled by the Army of Conquest, a rebel alliance of mainly Islamist groups including ISIS affiliate Al-Nusra Front that holds almost all of Idlib province.

Video uploaded by activists purportedly showed the aftermath of the strikes, with residents and civil defense workers picking though debris looking for survivors. Idlib has regularly been targeted by both Syrian government air strikes and raids carried out by its Russian ally.

Read more: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/07/13/Air-strikes-kill-11-including-children-in-Syria-s-Idlib.html



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Air strikes kill 11, including children, in Syria’s Idlib (Original Post) uhnope Jul 2016 OP
It's a tragedy that this war continues uawchild Jul 2016 #1

uawchild

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1. It's a tragedy that this war continues
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 12:57 PM
Jul 2016

"The town is controlled by the Army of Conquest, a rebel alliance of mainly Islamist groups including ISIS affiliate Al-Nusra Front that holds almost all of Idlib province."

So it's a war to the death with the ISIS affiliate Al-Nusra Front? How can we, the US, or the Russians POSSIBLY kill enough of the terrorists to win without killing more innocents?

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