Russia/Syria: Flurry of Prohibited Weapons Attacks

Expand A man inspects the destruction left by overnight air strikes targeting residential areas at Kafr Nabl in the rebel-held Idlib Province, Syria, May 20 2019. © 2019 Anas Alkharboutli/AP Images (Beirut) – The Russian-Syrian joint military operation has used internationally banned and other indiscriminate weapons in unlawful attacks on civilians in northwest Syria in recent weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. According to the United Nations, the area is home to three million civilians, at least half of whom had been displaced from elsewhere in Syria. Since April 26, 2019, the Syrian-Russian…

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