Air Strikes on IS Convoy in Syria Kill 40
Air strikes on a convoy of the Islamic State group killed at least 40 jihadists in central Syria at the weekend, a monitoring group said Sunday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said unidentified warplanes hit the 16-vehicles motorcade overnight between Saturday and Sunday in Hama province, killing the jihadists.
The Observatory, which monitors the war in Syria and has a network of sources on the ground, was not immediately able to say whether the raids were carried out by Russian warplanes or Syrian regime ones.
"But they don't belong to the coalition led by Washington," said Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman.
Charred bodies of IS fighters were found at the scene, he added.
Syrian regime aircraft bombard almost daily the eastern countryside of Hama where IS has positions.
Abdel Rahman said the convoy was hit as it was heading from the self-declared IS capital of Raqa in northern Syria to the Hama countryside.
Russia, a key ally of the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad, has been carrying out a campaign of air strikes against his opponents since September 30.
Last year, a U.S.-led coalition launched an air campaign against IS which controls swathes of Syria and neighboring Iraq.
19 October 2015, 12:43
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Usually these are described as civilians. Something must have changed in the propaganda-office...
19 October 2015, 18:58
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and anonymetakfiriusa was swearing to us there was no isis in hama, now even rami abdulbahdale is saying otherwise
19 October 2015, 18:59
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"The Observatory, which monitors the war in Syria and has a network of sources on the ground, was not immediately able to say whether the raids were carried out by Russian warplanes or Syrian regime ones.
"But they don't belong to the coalition led by Washington," said Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman."
lol, why am i not surprised?
19 October 2015, 19:30
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and the hezbi lovers usually spit on the observatory when it denounces the crimes of bashar saying it is a saudi paid individual knowing nothing as he is in london and here they are trusting it...
pityful M8 double standards... you are a joke and a bunch of hypocrits
20 October 2015, 02:23
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the "observatory" deserves to be spat on, it's a tool controlled by the UK and US to manipulate syrians and world opinion about the war on syria, but when the facts are too obvious even they have to admit it, to preserve the little credibility they have. only you little internet goofs who never had any shred of credibility can afford to remain in denial despite reality slapping you in the face at every turn
