Thursday, July 21, 2016

French airstrikes : Moscow calls to look into reports on dozens of civilian deaths in Syrian Manbij

Reports about dozens of civilians killed in airstrikes at the Syrian town of Manbij by the US-led coalition should be investigated, Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.



"Especially concerning are reports that dozens of people, including children, were killed and injured in (US-led) coalition’s airstrikes at the town of Manbij," Zakharova said adding that "this is horrible news."

  • "These reports should be investigated, and their findings should be made public. If these horrible facts are confirmed, relevant conclusions should be made and necessary measures should be taken to prevent it from happening in the future," she added.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry called on the international community on Wednesday to condemn "the bloodbath in the village of Tuhar in the north of Manbij were at least 120 local residents were killed, most of them children, women and elders." The foreign ministry added that airstrikes at Tuhar were delivered on July 19 by French Air Force aircraft which is part of the US-led anti-terrorist coalition...
  [tass.ru]
21/7/16
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