The Syrian government’s use of ‘barrel bombs’ have killed hundreds in the last few weeks, claimed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, after the latest such attack killed at least 25 people on Saturday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that 517 people had been killed by barrel bomb attacks since the 15th of December, when the Syrian government launched a fresh offensive in the northern province of Aleppo.
The improvised barrel bombs, typically oil drums or cylinders packed with explosives and shrapnel which are then dropped from aircraft, have been condemned by human rights groups and the United States as an indiscriminate form of bombardment.
At least 25 people were killed in one such attack on Saturday at an Aleppo market.
See a report from the Telegraph here.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated that 517 people had been killed by barrel bomb attacks since the 15th of December, when the Syrian government launched a fresh offensive in the northern province of Aleppo.
The improvised barrel bombs, typically oil drums or cylinders packed with explosives and shrapnel which are then dropped from aircraft, have been condemned by human rights groups and the United States as an indiscriminate form of bombardment.
At least 25 people were killed in one such attack on Saturday at an Aleppo market.
See a report from the Telegraph here.