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Syrian forces kill 83 in barrel bomb attacks in Aleppo: activists
Source: Reuters
Syrian forces kill 83 in barrel bomb attacks in Aleppo: activists
BY STEPHEN KALIN
BEIRUT Sun Feb 2, 2014 9:52am EST
(Reuters) - Syrian military helicopters dropped more improvised "barrel bombs" on the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, a monitoring group said, bringing the death toll to at least 83 people in the latest episode of a campaign many consider a war crime.
Most of the victims killed since Friday have been civilians from the city's eastern districts, including women and children, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a broad network of sources across Syria.
The use of barrel bombs - oil drums or cylinders packed with explosives and metal fragments - has drawn international condemnation, including from Syria's opposition delegation and their Western backers at recent peace talks in Switzerland.
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BY STEPHEN KALIN
BEIRUT Sun Feb 2, 2014 9:52am EST
(Reuters) - Syrian military helicopters dropped more improvised "barrel bombs" on the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, a monitoring group said, bringing the death toll to at least 83 people in the latest episode of a campaign many consider a war crime.
Most of the victims killed since Friday have been civilians from the city's eastern districts, including women and children, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a broad network of sources across Syria.
The use of barrel bombs - oil drums or cylinders packed with explosives and metal fragments - has drawn international condemnation, including from Syria's opposition delegation and their Western backers at recent peace talks in Switzerland.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/02/us-syria-crisis-fighting-idUSBREA110BU20140202