Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 37, including Children

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At least 37 people, including 10 children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria on Wednesday, a monitoring group said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths came in three incidents, in Aleppo province in the north and Idlib province in the northwest.

In Tal Rifaat in Aleppo, 18 people were killed, including eight children, when government helicopters dropped at least four of the devices, the Britain-based monitor said.

In the rebel-held eastern neighborhood of Jubb al-Qubbeh in Aleppo city, 11 civilians died, among them two children, when a barrel bomb exploded.

And in Idlib province, eight members of one family were killed in a barrel bomb attack in the town of Kafr Sijna.

The Observatory, which relies on a network of sources on the ground, said the tolls in the incidents were expected to rise because of the number of people seriously wounded.

Regime barrel bombs -- crude weapons made of containers packed with explosives -- have often hit schools, hospitals and markets in Syria.

Rights groups criticize them as indiscriminate, saying they kill a disproportionate number of civilians.

Syrian President Bashar Assad has denied that his forces use the weapons, but evidence collected by activists and rights groups includes footage of the barrels being pushed from helicopters.

Human Rights Watch has also said there is "strong evidence" the regime has dropped barrel bombs containing toxic chemicals on northern Syria.

On Wednesday, the New York-based group said it had led an investigation into three attacks in Idlib province, which killed two people and affected 127 others, and that deadly chlorine was probably used in some, if not all of them.

"The Syrian government has used barrel bombs with toxic chemicals for more than a year while the (U.N.) Security Council has failed to act," said Philippe Bolopion, HRW's U.N. and crisis advocacy director. 

Meanwhile, the extremist Islamic State group pressed its assault on the northeast Syrian city of Hasakeh, detonating at least five car bombs as it advanced towards the city.

"IS blew up five booby-trapped vehicles in various locations south of Hasakeh," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said, adding that there were also fierce clashes.

Syrian state TV also reported the five car bombings, but said they had all struck a prison still under construction.

Abdel Rahman said IS had sent reinforcements of at least 400 fighters from the eastern province of Deir Ezzor for the Hasakeh assault, which began on May 30.

He said IS was within two kilometers (just over a mile) from the city, and that regime helicopters were dropping barrel bombs on jihadist positions.

Abdel Rahman had no immediate death toll for Wednesday's fighting.

More than 220,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011 with anti-government demonstrations that were met with a regime crackdown.

Comments 37
Thumb theresistance4.0 03 June 2015, 13:38

Yes yes wine barrels are what Bashar uses to kill women and children as he bathes in the blood of young virgins as well LMAOOOO Amazing how an army made up 90% of Sunnis follows a supposed shia (whose wife is Sunni) to supposedly kill their fellow Sunni countrymen all because what Bashar secretly wanted from the start was to divide his country and be left with a fraction of his state into a tiny Alawite state for himself. Please tell me more fairytale stories:)

Missing mohammad_ca 03 June 2015, 14:22

90% sunnis? What is your source Almanar or Dunya or other bogus outlets? Perhaps you wouldn't mind me wishing the barrel bombs on your loved ones if you think they are no big deal.

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 14:37

theresistance4.0 > lol yea and don't forget Assad created ISIS/nusra/qaeda/FSA/erdoghan/kingsalmon/3ar3our/hariri and secretly manipulates them to justify continuing to fight

Missing CFTC 03 June 2015, 15:11

@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since yesterday. Thank you and your @theresistance4.0 alias.

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 15:41

And thank you CFTC, everytime I see your trolling comments, I know I struck a nerve and you stooges are dumbstruck :)

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 03 June 2015, 17:25

_mowaten_ 10 February 2015, 04:56 44
i dont think it's actual "barrels", more like barrel-shaped maybe.. and the "barrel bomb" name was coined by rebels for added mediatic effect

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 17:32

hopeless dude: you forgot to log in with the eagleyawn account, which is the one you usually use to copy-paste my comments.

and btw, it did turn out that they are not actual barrels, so you're pretty much stuffing yourself here :)

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 03 June 2015, 17:50

Regime barrel bombs -- crude weapons made of CONTAINERS packed with explosives.
I don't understand why everyone is so hung up on this childish multiple accounts crap. How old are you? so in a planet that houses over 7 billion people, only one person is capable of using google to copy and paste?

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 03 June 2015, 18:03

M8 drones have no honor. Rather than say 'Allah Yerhamoun and we oppose attacks on all civilians', they poke fun, evade and outright lie.

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 18:19

hahahahah canadianpaul, as opposed to you bunch who use valid arguments and facts?? one only needs to have a look at the forum to know you're full of BS

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 03 June 2015, 18:26

canadianpaul- I am not new here. Momo and I go way back and know each other very well. that is why i was surprised by her silly comment.

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 18:56

you're the one being silly hopeless dude, whatever those "crude weapons" are, they are not barrels, period.
if anyone is going to complain about the SAA not using guided munitions, then please tell us where they should get them. it's easy to whine, but the SAA has a war to wage, and they have no choice but to do it with the weapons they have, wishful thinking isn't going to free syria from the takfiri scum.

Thumb ex-fpm 03 June 2015, 19:01

the mouthpiece still insists they are not barrel bombs:)

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 03 June 2015, 19:04

yes momo but killing children with barrel bombs is going to free Syria of ISIS. Let's not forget the current regime are angels who've never committed the same atrocities ISIS has. (anyone that lived through the war in Lebanon can speak to it first hand). I understand now. Thank you for showing me the light. where would this world be without your moral guidance to the lost souls like myself.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 03 June 2015, 19:09

Mowaten - you seriously have no honor. You justify the killing of civilians by indiscriminately dropping bombs on civilian areas to spread terror and death among the population. Shame on you. Using the name Takfiris to justify murder makes you into an accomplice. The regime barrel bombed areas held by various rebel groups including the most moderate among them. Why do you not just admit the obvious: this is a deliberate strategy to undermine the civilian support of the rebels or to drive them out.

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 19:11

"anyone that lived through the war in Lebanon can speak to it first hand"

have you? because if you had you would know they is nothing to compare. the biggest battles involving the syrian army in lebanon (zahle and 100 days of achrafieh) totalled 200 and 160 dead respectively, and it was fighter to fighter battles.
If you seriously want to compare that to isis, who slaughter unarmed people by the hundreds or even thousands in a day, then you really are so far into delusion and bad faith that there is no point arguing with you.

Thumb marcus 03 June 2015, 19:12

one day these (not) barrel bombs will fall on the heads of the likes of mowaten and his tribes, then he will feel the impact of their devastating effect on the civilian population.

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 19:18

saudiThoecrat.com go find yourself a saudi shoe to shine and don't pretend you know anything about honor. the only honor you have is in bending low for a petro-penny.
also don't pretend to understand my words, and don't try to make me things i havent said. at no point do i -justify- the killing of civilians, from any side, no more than i justify a civil war in syria (which you do).
but since this war is imposed on syria, they can either bend over and let the saudi-owned zombies takeover their country or fight the best they can, with the means they have.
you come here and give lessons, pretending to be some sort of moral compass, but you're just a lousy hypocrite and POS who wants people to think he cares about syrian civilians. the ones who care most about syrian civilians are their brothers, sisters and father who compose the syrian army.

Thumb marcus 03 June 2015, 19:20

mowaten, I am goinf to take a conservative estimate of your "If you seriously want to compare that to isis, who slaughter unarmed people by the hundreds or even thousands in a day," and let's assume ISIS kills on average 500 people a day. That amounts to 180,000 people a year. IS that what you are saying or you just love drama and propaganda:)?!

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 19:20

dont worry for us marcus, we had a thousands times worse under israeli aggression, their bombs were far more powerful and although they were supposed to be "smart" they somehow found a way to have a bigger civilian casualty ratio than the crude syrian ones.

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 19:29

are you trying to be smart marcus? because you just failed.
they dont need to commit massacres every day, and nobody says they do. however there has been countless cases were civilians or prisoners were knifed and/or gunned down (up to over a thousand cf camp speicher massacre)

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 19:33

one more thing sauditheocrat.com: you really have quite some nerve to pose as defender of civilians, while you support the saudi massacre of yemenis. you double-tongued snake

Thumb LEBhasNOhope 03 June 2015, 21:14

Momo- you cannot possibly be Lebanese if you are now defending Syria in the war against Lebanon. No Lebanese would. Your true colors clearly show every time you get flustered when caught in a lie. With every rebutle you sound even more ridiculous. It's like your stuck in quicksand. The harder you try the deeper you sink. You should clock out for the day.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 03 June 2015, 22:12

IranianMowaten - I could care less for your masters in Tehran or to the Royals in Saudi. Both are blight on the Arab people. The difference is that Iran lately has been far more destructive to the Arab world than the Royals in Saudi Arabia. You are simply too blind and sectarian to realize this.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 03 June 2015, 22:17

And show me one place IranianMowaten where you expressed one iota of sympathy or regret for those civilians being slaughtered by your crazy regime. The difference between us is that I see the evil on all sides. You are part of the evil on one side.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 03 June 2015, 22:18

'Shiakiller' - change your name. It is either a silly attempt to provoke or if you believe in it, you need to seriously consider help.

Thumb _mowaten_ 04 June 2015, 08:26

hopelessdude: what defending? what syria war against lebanon? you're seriously delusional

Missing ya_kord 03 June 2015, 14:31

I wonder how many more have to die from both sides for the public to realize that this is not a black and white issue the way leaders from both sides like to paint it. this war still rages with no end in site, yet most of you still think that force is only solution for whatever side you support.

Missing CFTC 03 June 2015, 15:11

hahaha! so funny:) I love comedy

Missing ya_kord 03 June 2015, 21:07

what's funny CFTC? you must enjoy it when over 250 thousand people died and over 5 million displaced. you like how children are being born in disastrous situation, and a whole generation of youth spoiled. very funny you're right laugh and cheer on!

Thumb _mowaten_ 03 June 2015, 18:51

Israeli campaign against Gaza (2014)
Duration: 1 month and two weeks
Target area: less than 360km2
Strikes:
5,830 missiles in 4,028 IAF air raids
+14,500 tank shells
+35,000 other artillery shells
Casualties:
693 fighters
+1,617 civilians
+10,626 wounded

US+"coalition" campaign against ISIS:
Duration: 9 months
Target area: about 150,000km2
Strikes:
4,000 air strikes
+hundreds of speeches and massive rhetorical bombardment

Casualties:
"Magical number" of 10,000" fighters falls from the sky.
+0 civilians

Credibility level? US state department.

Missing humble 03 June 2015, 20:17

The Butcher has asassinated his OWN PEOPLE and much more than the Israelis did in 60 years.

Thumb ex-fpm 03 June 2015, 19:00

U.S. Accuses Assad of Aiding ISIS Through Airstrikes
http://www.newsweek.com/us-accuses-assad-aiding-islamic-state-through-airstrikes-338582

Syria: Isis advance on Aleppo aided by Assad regime air strikes, US says
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/02/syria-isis-advance-on-aleppo-aided-by-assad-regime-air-strikes-us-says

Missing humble 03 June 2015, 20:14

The Butcher...

Missing humble 03 June 2015, 20:18

Anyone who supports a criminal is a criminal.

Missing peace 03 June 2015, 21:10

pityful hezbi lovers... when one read their comments he cannot but see how low they are and how much bashar means a lot to them and their survival... even if the syrian regime killed tortured erased humiliated lebanese they still find him excuses for killing innocent civilians and children...thye still support unconditiannally and with pride and dare call themselves "patriots" even if they destroyed lebanon LOL

hezbis show they true monster faces and how they dream to turn Lebanon into... they will not hesitate to kill civilians again like in may if their plans are contradicted... tfeh

Missing peace 03 June 2015, 21:12

snifff... bashar is the poor victim, we know M8 rhetoric... pityful to say the least.