Not easy being a civil defense volunteer these days in Syria.
Missile attacks on sleeping Civil Defense personnel in west Aleppo kill 5
APR. 26, 2016
AMMAN: Three separate missiles struck the only Civil Defense station in the Aleppo town of Atareb on Tuesday, killing five of its members in the latest of a string of attacks on civilian and opposition infrastructure in the northern province.
The opposition media blamed both Russia and Assad’s air force for the missile attacks. An administrator with the Civil Defense told Syria Direct on Tuesday that the source of the bombings remains unclear. “The strikes were precise and targeted,” said Radi a-Saad, a Civil Defense official.
The aftermath of Tuesday’s attacks. Photo courtesy of Hamid Kutini (member of the Civil Defense in Atareb).
Early Tuesday morning, as the on-duty Civil Defense personnel slept at the center, the missiles injured an unknown number of them while “completely destroying” all of the ambulances and fire trucks parked at the station, according to an official announcement released by the Syrian Civil Defense on Tuesday.
The Civil Defense station in rebel-controlled Atareb is located approximately 30km west of Aleppo city. It was the first in northern Syria, established in late 2012
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Missile attacks on sleeping Civil Defense personnel in west Aleppo kill 5?
Missile attacks on sleeping Civil Defense personnel in west Aleppo kill 5
APR. 26, 2016
AMMAN: Three separate missiles struck the only Civil Defense station in the Aleppo town of Atareb on Tuesday, killing five of its members in the latest of a string of attacks on civilian and opposition infrastructure in the northern province.
The opposition media blamed both Russia and Assad’s air force for the missile attacks. An administrator with the Civil Defense told Syria Direct on Tuesday that the source of the bombings remains unclear. “The strikes were precise and targeted,” said Radi a-Saad, a Civil Defense official.
Early Tuesday morning, as the on-duty Civil Defense personnel slept at the center, the missiles injured an unknown number of them while “completely destroying” all of the ambulances and fire trucks parked at the station, according to an official announcement released by the Syrian Civil Defense on Tuesday.
The Civil Defense station in rebel-controlled Atareb is located approximately 30km west of Aleppo city. It was the first in northern Syria, established in late 2012
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Missile attacks on sleeping Civil Defense personnel in west Aleppo kill 5?