At least 39 people have been reported killed today in a pair of Syrian airstrikes against ISIS-controlled territory. Rebels are saying that the majority of the slain are civilians.
27 of the slain were in a cattle market in the village of Khansaa, near the Iraqi border. Some rebels are saying the toll could rise, potentially dramatically, are a number of others are wounded.
The attack appears to have been one of the barrel bomb strikes which so often kill civilians. The use of the weapons, oil barrels full of explosives, has been criticized for its inaccuracy, with the barrels often careening wildly off-course and hitting civilians.
11 other civilians were reported slain in Saraqeb in another airstrike. Locals say they come under virtually daily attack, either from Syria or the US. Today’s strikes were Syrian.
Pure rubbish. The strike at Al-Khansaa` was at a convoy of tanker trucks driven by ISIS to Turkey for sale of oil pumped out of Syria's strategic reserve. You are a propagandist for terrorism and Al-Qaeda. You quote the lies of the western corporate media. I am Syrian. You are not. I support the legitimate government of our president, Dr. Bashar Al-Assad. You, on the other hand, support cannibals and savages.
When all the wars in the Middle East end, if they will ever end, huge tracts of cities, villages, and land will lie in ruins. Much of Syria is already reminiscent of Germany 1945. Regardless of who the bomber is, this is criminal behavior.