The US-led coalition’s air strikes have killed at least 25 civilians in the Syrian province of Al-Hasakah, leaving dozens wounded, TASS with reference to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Tuesday. According to SANA, on Tuesday morning, air strikes were carried out on the Al-Fadl settlement located near the city of Al-Shaddadi. There are two elderly people among the victims, as well as women and children. Several residential dwellings have been destroyed, SANA reported. Follow Trend on Telegram. Only most interesting and important news … [Read more...] about US-led coalition’s air strikes kill at least 25 civilians in Syria
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Air strikes kill 23 civilians in IS-held area in Syria: monitor
Air strikes killed at least 23 civilians including 10 children in a village held by the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. "We don't know for the moment if the US-led international coalition or Iraqi forces carried out the strike" on the village of Al-Qasr in Hasakeh province, the Observatory said. The Britain-based monitor relies on a network of sources on the ground for its information. The US-led coalition is backing a Kurdish-Arab alliance that has been fighting IS in eastern Syria near the border with Iraq. Iraq has also previously carried out strikes against IS jihadists in Syria, including a raid last month in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor. The jihadists have lost much of the territory they once controlled in Syria and Iraq since declaring a cross-border caliphate there in 2014. In Syria, they have faced two separate offensives -- one by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces alliance and a second by … [Read more...] about Air strikes kill 23 civilians in IS-held area in Syria: monitor
US Challenges UN System by Striking Syria
The assistant secretary to Russian security council, Alexander Venediktov, said that the US attack against Syria is an example of disregard for the norms and principles of international law, and a challenge to the entire UN system. The US joined by the UK and France carried out an attack on a number of targets in response the Douma that reportedly took place on April 7. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Syrian air defense managed to intercept 71 of 103 missiles launched by the members of the Western coalition. © Sputnik / Michael KlimentyevWest Seeks to Bypass Russian UN Veto Amid Deepening Impasse Over Syria – ReportsDamascus has strongly denied the accusations and said that the Jaysh al-Islam terror group staged the attack to justify potential foreign intervention in Syria. READ MORE: Lavrov: Syria's East Ghouta Almost Completely Liberated From … [Read more...] about US Challenges UN System by Striking Syria
US-led strikes on Syria violate all international rules, Russia’s defense chief notes
The US-led air strikes on Syria were a violation of all the international rules, Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission General Xu Qiliang on Tuesday, TASS reports. "I am grateful to you for the support you have provided to us at the United Nations Security Council meeting dedicated to the missile attack on Syria. It undoubtedly was a violation of all the international and humanitarian rules," Shoigu said. According to him, the strikes were carried out "in the West’s signature style - they implemented a punishment without conducting an investigation." "I would also like to thank our friend China for supporting us on the Syria issue and condemning the irresponsible behavior of some western countries that carried out a military attack on a sovereign state under a false pretense," the Russian defense minister added. Shoigu said he was pleased to meet with Xu Qiliang once again, noting that … [Read more...] about US-led strikes on Syria violate all international rules, Russia’s defense chief notes
Syrian minister accuses Britain of faking Douma gas attack to justify air strikes on Assad
A TOP Syrian minister has bizarrely accused the UK of FAKING a chemical attack on his country's civilians to pave the way for air strikes against the Assad regime. Deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad said Britain was "absolutely" involved in manufacturIng the attack on Douma, which reportedly killed civilians including women and children. The suspected chemical attack, on April 7th, is said to have left 75 dead and sparked retaliatory airstrikes by the US, France and the UK. However Mekdad claims the Douma attack never actually happened and even claims bodies were "imported from somewhere else" to back up the "big lie." "We are not aware that women and children were killed. We think this is a theatre. That was made to be used by the western powers to launch such an attack against Syria," Mekdad told ITV News reporter Dan Rivers. "I believe what our doctors who were there in the hospital, in that minute, they were saying they did not see any dead person." The head of a … [Read more...] about Syrian minister accuses Britain of faking Douma gas attack to justify air strikes on Assad