U.S. Airstrikes Kill 40 People in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr
DAMASCUS (Dispatches) – The U.S. killed some 40 people, mainly women and children, in airstrikes in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr province, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.
The reports come after U.S. Col. Sean Ryan, confirmed that coalition strikes had taken place in the area on Thursday, insisting that no civilian casualties have been recorded.
Prior to his statement, SANA reported on Thursday that 17 civilians had been killed in Bu-Badran. However, later in the day, it said the civilian death toll from U.S. airstrikes in Dayr al-Zawr province had reached 23. According to the news agency, the strikes targeted the residential areas of the villages of Bu-Badran and al-Sousa.
The coalition regularly carries out airstrikes in the eastern Dayr al-Zawr province. On November 9, media reported that 26 civilians, including women and children, were killed in an airstrike by the U.S. on the city of Hajin.
On November 13, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned a recent airstrike by the U.S. against the eastern town of al-Shaafah, which left more than 60 people dead and injured, arguing that the massacre clearly pointed to the fact that members of the military alliance had no respect for moral values, international rules and regulations besides the lives of innocent civilians.
The ministry, in two separate letters, addressed to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the rotating president of the UN Security Council Ma Zhaoxu, called on the Security Council to fulfill its responsibilities and stop U.S.-led aerial assaults.
It also asked the world body to propose an international, independent and impartial mechanism to investigate the crimes being perpetrated by the U.S.-led coalition.
The letters noted that the coalition was deliberately targeting Syria civilians and making use of internationally banned weapons, including white phosphorus bombs, in Syria.
The ministry stressed that U.S.-led coalition airstrikes were meant to kill as many Syrian people as possible, prolong the ongoing Syrian conflict, destroy the country’s infrastructure and undermine its sovereignty and territorial integrity in flagrant violation of all UN Security Council resolutions on Syria.
The letters concluded that the embarrassing silence of the Security Council had encouraged the US-led coalition to kill more Syrian civilians and destroy their property.
The U.S.-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes against what are said to be Daesh targets inside Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.
The U.S.-led coalition killed some 40 people in airstrikes in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr province, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
The reports come after U.S. Col. Sean Ryan, confirmed that coalition strikes had taken place in the area on Thursday, insisting that no civilian casualties have been recorded.
Prior to his statement, SANA reported on Thursday that 17 civilians had been killed in Bu-Badran. However, later in the day, it said the civilian death toll from U.S. airstrikes in Dayr al-Zawr province had reached 23. According to the news agency, the strikes targeted the residential areas of the villages of Bu-Badran and al-Sousa.
The coalition regularly carries out airstrikes in the eastern Dayr al-Zawr province. On November 9, media reported that 26 civilians, including women and children, were killed in an airstrike by the U.S. on the city of Hajin.
On November 13, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned a recent airstrike by the U.S. against the eastern town of al-Shaafah, which left more than 60 people dead and injured, arguing that the massacre clearly pointed to the fact that members of the military alliance had no respect for moral values, international rules and regulations besides the lives of innocent civilians.
The ministry, in two separate letters, addressed to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the rotating president of the UN Security Council Ma Zhaoxu, called on the Security Council to fulfill its responsibilities and stop U.S.-led aerial assaults.
It also asked the world body to propose an international, independent and impartial mechanism to investigate the crimes being perpetrated by the U.S.-led coalition.
The letters noted that the coalition was deliberately targeting Syria civilians and making use of internationally banned weapons, including white phosphorus bombs, in Syria.
The ministry stressed that U.S.-led coalition airstrikes were meant to kill as many Syrian people as possible, prolong the ongoing Syrian conflict, destroy the country’s infrastructure and undermine its sovereignty and territorial integrity in flagrant violation of all UN Security Council resolutions on Syria.
The letters concluded that the embarrassing silence of the Security Council had encouraged the US-led coalition to kill more Syrian civilians and destroy their property.
The U.S.-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes against what are said to be Daesh targets inside Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.
The U.S.-led coalition killed some 40 people in airstrikes in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr province, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.