Sad to have to live like that. When I hear a helicopter, I just feel the pilot is checking to see if a fire started in the hills.
Jun 27, 2015 12:24am BST
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U.N. council told sound of helicopters has Syrians 'watching for death'
UNITED NATIONS | BY MICHELLE NICHOLS
A helicopter loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad throws what activists say is an explosive barrel, in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo, February 1, 2014.
REUTERS/MOHAMED MOUNZER MASRI
The sound of whirring helicopter blades fills Syrians with fear that "hell and fire" is about to fall in a barrel bomb, a rescue worker told the United Nations Security Council on Friday as pressure mounts for the body to take action to stop civilian killings in Syria.
"This sound means watching for death," said Raed Saleh, head of the Syrian Civil Defence, an organization of rescue workers known as white helmets who rush to the site of bomb and mortar attacks to dig through rubble for survivors.
In the past week U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, 71 U.N. states and some 80 aid and human rights groups have urged the Security Council to act on the killing of civilians. France andSpain organised Friday's informal council meeting on barrel bombs.
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Jun 27, 2015 12:24am BST
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U.N. council told sound of helicopters has Syrians 'watching for death'
UNITED NATIONS | BY MICHELLE NICHOLS
A helicopter loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad throws what activists say is an explosive barrel, in Al-Shaar area in Aleppo, February 1, 2014.
REUTERS/MOHAMED MOUNZER MASRI
The sound of whirring helicopter blades fills Syrians with fear that "hell and fire" is about to fall in a barrel bomb, a rescue worker told the United Nations Security Council on Friday as pressure mounts for the body to take action to stop civilian killings in Syria.
"This sound means watching for death," said Raed Saleh, head of the Syrian Civil Defence, an organization of rescue workers known as white helmets who rush to the site of bomb and mortar attacks to dig through rubble for survivors.
In the past week U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon, 71 U.N. states and some 80 aid and human rights groups have urged the Security Council to act on the killing of civilians. France andSpain organised Friday's informal council meeting on barrel bombs.
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U.N. council told sound of helicopters has Syrians watching for death Reuters
