73 Syrian children among 256 dead in 6 days of ‘barrel bombing’ on Aleppo

February 7, 2014 | By | Reply More

Feb 06, – At least 256 people, including 73 children, have been killed in five days of Syrian army barrel bombing of rebel-held held areas of second city Aleppo, an NGO said Thursday.

hromedia 256 dead in 6 days of barrel bombing of Syria arab uprising2Hundreds more have been wounded in the raids using the controversial unguided munitions, described by Washington as barbaric, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The heavy casualty toll has sparked a mass exodus from the worst-hit neighbourhoods in the east of the city, the Britain-based monitoring group added.

Press journalist for HRO media – Khizer Hayat, contributed to this report.

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