When you go to the marketplace in Syria, you just don't know what might happen to you.
Government air raids near Syrian capital kill more than 80
BASSEM MROUEAug 16th 2015 6:38PM
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BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian airstrikes on a Damascus suburb killed more than 80 people on Sunday in one of the deadliest such raids of the four-year civil war, as fighting escalated in and around President Bashar Assad's seat of power at a time when his overstretched forces have been losing ground elsewhere in the country.
"This is an official massacre that was carried out deliberately."RAMI ABDURRAHMAN, HEAD OF BRITAIN-BASED SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
The air raids struck the main market in Douma during rush hour, when hundreds of people were out shopping on the first working day of the week in Syria, activists said. The strikes appeared to have been launched in retaliation for the capture of an army base in a nearby suburb a day earlier by the Islamic Army rebel group, which enjoys strong support in Douma.
"This is an official massacre that was carried out deliberately," said Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. He said warplanes fired a missile at the market and then launched another after people rushed in to retrieve the wounded.
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Government air raids near Syrian capital kill more than 80
BASSEM MROUEAug 16th 2015 6:38PM
5316611
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian airstrikes on a Damascus suburb killed more than 80 people on Sunday in one of the deadliest such raids of the four-year civil war, as fighting escalated in and around President Bashar Assad's seat of power at a time when his overstretched forces have been losing ground elsewhere in the country.
"This is an official massacre that was carried out deliberately."RAMI ABDURRAHMAN, HEAD OF BRITAIN-BASED SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
The air raids struck the main market in Douma during rush hour, when hundreds of people were out shopping on the first working day of the week in Syria, activists said. The strikes appeared to have been launched in retaliation for the capture of an army base in a nearby suburb a day earlier by the Islamic Army rebel group, which enjoys strong support in Douma.
"This is an official massacre that was carried out deliberately," said Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. He said warplanes fired a missile at the market and then launched another after people rushed in to retrieve the wounded.
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