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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 conflictÂ’s 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 Assad’s government to take back parts of the city that were seized by rebels in mid-2012.
Syria’s 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 conflictÂ’s 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 Assad’s government to take back parts of the city that were seized by rebels in mid-2012.
Syria’s 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. ............................
