Syria Barrel Bomb

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  "Waiting Our Turn To Die," Say Residents Of This Syrian Town

  Residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta said they were "waiting their turn to die" early on Wednesday, after more pro-government rockets and barrel bombs fell on the besieged rebel enclave.

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  Assad Regime Promotes Syria's Ruins In Aleppo As 'Tourist' Destination

  It is over a year since Bashar al-Assad's regime, with the help of Russian air strikes and barrel bombs, pounded the rebel-held east of Aleppo into submission.

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  'Daddy, Pick Me Up!' Screams Boy After His Legs Blow Off In Syria Attack

  In the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in Syria's Idlib, nine-year-old Abdel Basset Al-Satuf tries to sit up, his legs blown off, and screams "Daddy, pick me up!" Abdel Basset was caught in a barrel bomb attack by regime forces on Thursday in the town of Al-Hbeit, in northwest Idlib province.

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  Bomb, Rockets Kill 19 Civilians in Syria's Aleppo: Report

  At least 19 civilians, including five children, were killed by a Syrian regime barrel bomb attack and rebel rocket fire in Aleppo, a monitoring group said today.

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  Syria Barrel Bomb Attacks 'Unacceptable': UN Envoy

  The UN's peace envoy to Syria said today he would visit Damascus soon and renewed his criticism of the use of barrel bombs by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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  Islamic State Jihadists in Fierce Battle for Key Syrian City

  Islamic State group jihadists, emboldened by a string of battlefield victories, advanced today to the gates of the Syrian city of Hasakeh after intense fighting with regime troops.

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  Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 33, Including Children: Monitor

  At least 33 people, including 10 children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said.

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  Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 24, Including Children: Reports

  At least 24 people, including eight children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said.

• At Least Two Children Among 13 Killed in Syria Government Bombing

  A Syrian military airstrike killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded another 20 in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo on Tuesday after striking a neighborhood with crude bombs, said activists.

• Air Raids Kill 27 in Syrian City of Aleppo

  Syrian military helicopters dropped barrel bombs on a rebel-held neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, cleaving the fronts of apartment buildings and killing at least 27 people, activists said.

• Air Raids on Syria's Aleppo Kill Almost 2,000 in 2014: Monitor

  Barrel bombings and other Syrian government air raids on rebel districts of Aleppo and surrounding areas have killed 1,963 civilians since January, including 567 children, a monitoring group said Friday.

• Syrian Regime Rains Barrel Bombs on Aleppo

  Syrian forces rained barrels bombs on Aleppo on Thursday, as they pressed a campaign against rebels in the northern city where dozens have been killed this week, a monitor said.

• UN must block flow of arms to Syria: Human Rights Watch

  An international rights group called on Tuesday for the UN Security Council to block the flow of weapons to Syria's regime, which it said was launching indiscriminate attacks with "barrel bombs".

• Syria barrel bomb raids on Aleppo kill 20: reports

  New aerial bombardment from explosives-packed barrel bombs in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least 20 people on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

• Syrian forces kill 83 in barrel bomb attacks in Aleppo

  Syrian military helicopters dropped more improvised "barrel bombs" on the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, a monitoring group said, bringing the death toll to at least 83 people in the latest episode of a campaign many consider a war crime.