Air strike kills dozens in Syrian refugee camp

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Air strike kills dozens in Syrian refugee camp
By Catherine Hardy | With REUTERS



"The camp took two direct hits. I heard many tents were on fire."

ALEPPO: -- Activists and eyewitnesses say at least 28 people have been killed by an air strike on a refugee camp in rebel-held northern Syria.

The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says dozens of people are thought to have been wounded.

Images on social media appear to show the aftermath of fire among the tents at the Kamouna camp, near Sarmada in Idlib province, 10 kilometres from the Turkish border.

It is 30 km west of the city of Aleppo.

“There were two aerial strikes that his this makeshift camp for refugees who have taken refuge from fighting in southern Aleppo and Palmyra. The camp took two direct hits. I heard many tents were on fire,” said Abu Ibrahim al-Sarmadi, a local activist.

The ground is still smouldering in places.

There has been no confirmation of who carried out the attack.

It comes less than a day after Syrian troops and some rebel forces implemented a 48-hour ceasefire in and around Aleppo, following pressure from Russia, the US and UN.

-- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-05-06

[Credo]

Tragic and unnecessary. What an unholy alliance, Assad and Putin. It's like Atilla the Hun meets Ghengis Khan.

[craigt3365]

Tragic and unnecessary. What an unholy alliance, Assad and Putin. It's like Atilla the Hun meets Ghengis Khan.

How anybody could back either of these guys is beyond me. Absolutely tragic. And easily avoidable. Putin has the power but won't stop this senseless killing.

Somebody has a lot of blood on their hands:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War

Estimates of deaths in the Syrian Civil War, per opposition activist groups, vary between 152,895^[1] and 368,520.^[2] On 17 August 2015, the United Nations put out an estimate of 250,000 that had died in the war.^[3]