sábado, 26 de agosto de 2017

US Airstrikes Killing Hundreds of Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa

US Airstrikes Killing Hundreds of Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa

 

Certain
Kurdish factions are being used by the US and NATO to divide and
conquer Syria. Strikes are meant to ‘support’ Kurdish invasion of Syrian
city occupied by ISIS. Earlier this
week, at least 100 civilians were killed in a span on 48 hours in Raqqa.
Observers put the figure at 168 in the past 10 days, and 458 in US
airstrikes against the city since June, including 134 children.


These strikes are meant to support the Kurdish invasion of Raqqa, but
the fact that they are pounding residential districts in a war-torn city
means that a lot of what they’re hitting are buildings packed with
civilian bystanders.

The UN is even pushing the US to halt its
airstrikes against the city indefinitely, saying another 20,000
civilians should be allowed to flee without fearing being a target of US
airstrikes. There is, as yet, no indication that is being seriously
considered.

 Black smoke rises from Raqqa where U.S.-forces are battling ISIS militants, in, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP/Hussein Malla)