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Syrian army bombs mosque-school
February 05, 2014
BEIRUT: Syrian forces dropped a crude bomb on a mosque that was being used as a school in a rebel-held neighbourhood of a key northern city on Tuesday, killing at least five people, including children, activists said.
Syrian army helicopters also carried out new raids in Aleppo on Tuesday, dropping explosive-packed barrel bombs as they press a punishing aerial assault, a monitoring group said.
Meanwhile, the Observatory said January was the conflicts bloodiest month so far, with 5,794 deaths recorded.
The bombing one of at least seven around Aleppo on Tuesday came amid an intensified campaign by President Bashar Al Assads government to take back parts of the city that were seized by rebels in mid-2012.
Syrias opposition points to the air raids, especially the use of barrel bombs crude devices packed with fuel, explosives and scraps of metal in civilian areas, particularly over Aleppo, as evidence that Assad has little interest in peace.
The mosque targeted on Tuesday in Aleppo the Uthman Bin Affan mosque in the Masaken Hanano district was used as a religious school for children, said activist Hassoun Abu Faisal of the Aleppo Media Center. ............................
February 05, 2014
BEIRUT: Syrian forces dropped a crude bomb on a mosque that was being used as a school in a rebel-held neighbourhood of a key northern city on Tuesday, killing at least five people, including children, activists said.
Syrian army helicopters also carried out new raids in Aleppo on Tuesday, dropping explosive-packed barrel bombs as they press a punishing aerial assault, a monitoring group said.
Meanwhile, the Observatory said January was the conflicts bloodiest month so far, with 5,794 deaths recorded.
The bombing one of at least seven around Aleppo on Tuesday came amid an intensified campaign by President Bashar Al Assads government to take back parts of the city that were seized by rebels in mid-2012.
Syrias opposition points to the air raids, especially the use of barrel bombs crude devices packed with fuel, explosives and scraps of metal in civilian areas, particularly over Aleppo, as evidence that Assad has little interest in peace.
The mosque targeted on Tuesday in Aleppo the Uthman Bin Affan mosque in the Masaken Hanano district was used as a religious school for children, said activist Hassoun Abu Faisal of the Aleppo Media Center. ............................
