Syria rejects UN criticism of barrel bombs, says 'technical' issue

[Sally]

Looks like Syria is not denying that they use barrel bombs. The bottom line, regardless of what they say, is that these barrel bombs have killed and wounded many innocent Syrian civilians.

Thu Jul 2, 2015 11:51pm IST
Related: WORLD, SYRIA
Syria rejects UN criticism of barrel bombs, says 'technical' issue
GENEVA

Residents inspect damage from what activists said were barrel bombs dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Tafas town in Daraa, Syria, July 2, 2015.
REUTERS/ALAA AL-FAQIR


Syria rejected a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution condemning its aerial bombing tactics record on Thursday, saying the use of barrel bombs was a "technical" issue that was no business of the Geneva-based body.

The United States and 10 European and Arab countries backed the resolution decrying the use of chemical weapons such as chlorine gas and the Syrian authorities' use of cluster munitions, ballistic missiles and barrel bombs.

Syrian Ambassador Hussam Eddin Aala said critics of Damascus were hypocrites who were supporting the "terrorists" on Syrian soil and said their resolution was selective and biased.

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[aris2chat]

So, they threw out the game book long ago or forgot it ever existed.