Barrel bombs dropped upon Aleppo kill more than 80 people - The Actual Irish Occasions - Mon, Feb 0...

1. Barrel bombs dropped on Aleppo kill over 80 people
Barrel bombs dropped upon Aleppo kill more than 80 people - The Actual Irish Occasions - Mon, Feb
03, 2014
Violence escalated in Syria subsequent the initial round involving unproductive peace talks in
Geneva in between government as well as opposition.
Government helicopters dropped much more improvised "barrel bombs" inside a stepped-up
bombardment regarding insurgent-held eastern Aleppo, killing as significantly as 85 people, many
whom were civilians, reported the actual Britain-based opposition Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights. The idea said the particular hardest-hit neighbourhood had been Tariq al-Bab, which in turn
had been targeted at least eight occasions yesterday alone.
The use involving barrel bombs - oil drums or cylinders packed using explosives as well as metal
fragments - features drawn international condemnation.
Beheading
Meanwhile, insurgents connected to al-Qaeda, the actual Islamic State involving Iraq and Syria
(Isis), are generally reported to possess killed Adnan Bakkour, the particular commander in the rival
fundamentalist Tawhid brigades, the member of the particular Saudi-backed Islamic Front which
seeks for you to crush the actual Isis.
In Hama, the actual Isis killed Abu Hussein al-Dik, a new leader with the potent Suqour al-Sham
faction, yet another constituent of the Islamic Front.
Isis fighters said to become Russian speakers along with non-Syrian Arabs tend to be reported to
have decapitated any suspected pro-government Shia militiaman as well as posted a video of the
beheading on the internet.
Evacuated civilians
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent evacuated hundreds of ill along with malnourished civilians in the
Palestinian camp within the Yarmouk suburb associated with Damascus since the UN Relief along
with works Agency distributed food parcels.
Meanwhile, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon yesterday condemned your suicide bombing at a
petrol pump within the Lebanese Shia village associated with Hermel near the border together with
Syria which killed four.
The UN SecurityCouncil called around the Lebanese individuals to unify his or her ranks along with
urged the actual authorities for you to "bring the perpetrators for you to justice".
The strike in Hermel had been claimed through the Lebanese branch associated with al-Qaeda's
official Syrian franchise Jabhat al-Nusra, which accused Iran-allied Hizbullah associated with

2. carrying out "crimes against our folks within beloved Aleppo". The Actual Jabhat furthermore
pledged for you to mount fresh attacks to discourage Hizbullah guerillas through going to Syria.
This may become the third bombing mounted from the Lebanese arm of the Jabhat, demonstrating
when again, the conflict in Syria has spilled across its borders and is threatening neighbouring
countries. - (additional reporting by Reuters)