Syria air strike kills 4 young siblings
2013-01-09 11:54
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Beirut - Four children from the same family were among as many as 10
civilians killed in a pre-dawn air strike near the central Syrian city of Homs
on Wednesday, a watchdog said.
The raid hit the village of Jabab Hamad, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said, adding that the siblings were aged seven months, 12, 14 and 16.
In the northern province of Aleppo, fierce fighting erupted around the
Menagh, Kwiyres and Nayrab airbases, which have been under rebel siege for
weeks, the Britain-based watchdog said
In the neighbouring province of Idlib, troops bombarded Maaret al-Numan, a
strategic town on the Damascus-Aleppo highway that the army has been vying to
wrest back from the rebels.
The Observatory also reported shelling across the southern outskirts of
Damascus, where the army has been trying to regain control over rebel
strongholds.
On Tuesday, at least 58 people were killed in violence nationwide, according
to the Observatory, which gathers its information from a network of activists
and doctors in civilian and military hospitals.
In all, more than 60 000 people have been killed since the revolt against
President Bashar Assad's rule erupted in March 2011, according to the latest UN
figures.
- SAPA
