Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Russia rejects Syria war crimes claim over hospital attacks

Russia says it "categorically rejects" accusations of war crimes over the bombing of hospitals in Syria.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "those who make such statements are not capable of backing them up with proof".

Up to 50 people were killed in missile attacks on schools and at least four hospitals in the region on Monday.

The UN said the "deliberate" targeting of such facilities "could amount to war crimes", the Reuters news agency reported.

Turkey's foreign ministry has blamed Russia for the attacks.

A Turkish official on Tuesday said it would back a ground operation in Syria but only "with our international allies.

"There is not going to be a unilateral military operation from Turkey to Syria," the unnamed official told reporters in Istanbul...
 BBC
16/2/16
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