UN humanitarian chief ‘horrified’ by deadly Syria air strikes

“Attacks on civilians are unlawful, unacceptable and must stop”, O’Brien said, speaking at the end of a three-day visit to Syria, during which he met senior officials and visited the central province of Homs. But Syria’s political opposition said the protracted conflict could not be resolved if such attacks went unpunished. The Observatory gave no details of casualties in Monday’s air strikes.

“It was really hard to identify the bodies of the martyrs”. The shelling was accompanied by violent clashes between rebel and regime forces, according to reports.

Syria’s respectful war slaughtered more than 250,000 individuals, as indicated by the United Nations.

The videos appeared genuine and corresponded to other reporting of the events.

Most of the fatalities are believed to be civilians, reveals the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), which monitors the Syrian conflict using a network of sources on the ground.

De Mistura called the Douma attacks “devastating”.

“Targeting densely populated areas is undoubtedly a war crime and a violation of global law”, the anti-Assad political opposition group said.

The attack on a marketplace near the centre of Douma at about 2pm on Sunday was one of the deadliest air strikes by the regime in the four-year civil war.

“It is the criminals who should be anxious, and we have the evidence that could prove their involvement”, he said, referring to the opposition.

It also said the global community’s failure to respond to such atrocities contributed to the violence. The raids continued on Monday morning, with activists reporting three new air strikes.

At a meeting of their two foreign ministers on Monday, Russian Federation and Iran, whose support has been crucial to Assad’s survival, said his future must be decided by Syrians.

“This conflict – now in its fifth year – severely affects not only the lives of millions of people in Syria, but also continues to undermine the security of the region and beyond”, he added.

The attack came a day after the area’s largest rebel group, Jaish al-Islam, announced a fresh anti-government offensive in a neighbouring suburb.

Syrian emergency personnel and civilians carry a body following air strikes by Syrian government forces on a marketplace in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on August 16, 2015.

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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said today that 82 are dead and at least 200 wounded in the attacks in Douma by Syrian warplanes.