{"id":53346,"date":"2017-11-27T07:10:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T07:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53346"},"modified":"2017-11-27T07:10:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T07:10:16","slug":"russian-air-strikes-kill-dozens-civilians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/russian-air-strikes-kill-dozens-civilians.html","title":{"rendered":"Russian air strikes kill dozens of civilians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian air strikes kill dozens of civilians<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Russian air strikes kill dozens of civilians:- At least 53 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes in the east Syrian village of Al-Shafah, a monitoring group says.<\/span><\/p>\n

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 21 of those reportedly killed on Sunday morning were children.<\/span><\/p>\n

The village is in Deir al-Zour, one of the last provinces where Islamic State still holds territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially SOHR said 34 had been killed in strikes on residential buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the monitoring group’s head told the AFP news agency it now believed the figure was higher.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The toll increased after removing the debris in a long day of rescue operation,” Rami Abdel Rahman said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Earlier Russia confirmed that six long-range bombers had carried out air strikes in the area, but said they had hit militants and their strongholds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country’s long-running civil war.<\/span><\/p>\n

UN-backed peace talks are expected to resume in Geneva next week, but several previous rounds of negotiations have failed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Separately on Sunday, there were reports of 23 people killed in a rebel-held enclave on the outskirts of Damascus. SOHR said several towns in Eastern Ghouta had been hit by air strikes and artillery fire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neither of the reports have been independently verified.<\/span><\/p>\n

The monitoring group says 120 people have been killed since the Syrian army began its offensive there nearly two weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

After years of siege, conditions for Eastern Ghouta’s 400,000 residents are dire, with reports of people dying of starvation.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a report last week, the UN said food was so scarce some residents had been reduced to eating animal fodder and even garbage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eastern Ghouta is one of several “de-escalation” zones in Syria announced by Russia, Iran and Turkey earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-42133112<\/span><\/p>\n

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