The second day of a new round of escalated airstrikes against the Nusra Front-held eastern half of Aleppo has resulted in a number of civilian deaths once again, with reports from rescue services within the area putting the death toll at 25.
The largest single airstrike incident was in Fardous District, where an airstrike had hit a marketplace, killing 15 people. Other airstrikes were reported in and around the district, as well as in other districts of Eastern Aleppo, though there was no word of any new ground operations.
It was unclear if today’s airstrikes were conducted by the Syrian or Russian governments, but French TF1 television broadcast an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who accused Nusra of using the civilian population of eastern Aleppo as human shields.
Putin went on to criticize the US for failing to target the al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria, saying he believes the US wants to use Nusra to pursue their own political goals in Syria. Putin also called on the US to agree to joint operations to protect aid deliveries entering Aleppo.
So says a group working closely with Al-Qaida and that one guy in Coventry with the super powerful telescopes in his observatory.
Meanwhile, 7 children hit and 2 little girls dead from when the Al Qaida terrorists fired a mortar at a school and a bus stop in West Allepo. https://www.rt.com/news/362612-rt-exclusive-shelling-aleppo/
If you had Al-Qaida as a neighbor, and with Al-Qaida doing things like killing children at schools and bus-stops, wouldn’t you want to bomb Al-Qaida? Seems like America used to think that way after the twin towers were bombed.
Notice again how smart Putin is in asking USA to join him in bringing in aid and food to Aleppo . Putin convinced Obama to not bomb Syria by negotiating Assad’s destruction of his poisonous gas . Putin always comes out looking good . I’am almost sure Obama will agree to do this . The United States has killed over 300,000 people in Syria and created millions of refugees over more than the last 5 years . Why don’t we listen to Russia if we can’t separate terrorists from freedom fighters and join forces with Russia the killing will be stopped the first week