Amnesty accuses Russian Federation of committing war crimes in Syria

“However, the mosque shown in the image was a different one from the one destroyed in the attack”, said Amnesty International. “Such attacks may constitute war crimes”.

Sources inside Syria told Breitbart News last month that Russian Federation was dropping cluster munitions indiscriminately on civilian targets.

Russian Federation began its military campaign against terrorists operating in Syria upon a request from the Damascus government on September 30.

Moscow, however, is denying the accusations, saying their warplanes are only targeting terrorist groups in the region.

Speaking to journalists, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the report contained “trite cliches” and “fake information”.

Amnesty International has disclosed that at least 200 civilians were killed in series of Russian air strikes in Syria from 30 September to 29 November, 2015. According to Amnesty, attacks researched for the report were carried out away from military targets, making the reported civilian casualties even more alarming.

Bomblets from a cluster bomb believed to have been used by the Russian military in an attack near Aleppo, Syria, rest on the ground on December 18, 2015. In another attack on a busy market in the center of Ariha of the Idlib governorate, 49 civilians were killed.

In another suspected Russian attack, at least 46 civilians, including 32 children and 11 women who were sheltering for safety in the basement of a residential building, were killed on 15 October in al-Ghantu, Homs governorate.

“I think the long and short of it is that they just don’t worry as much about hitting civilians [in Syria] as Americans do”, said Serwer.

“It was a normal Sunday; there was nothing unusual. People were buying goods – children were eating”, activist Mohammed Qurabi al-Ghazal told Amnesty.

“First there was a loud explosion – dirt flying in the air – followed immediately by shock”. In a few moments, the main street, packed with people buying and selling fruit and vegetables, turned into a scene of carnage with burning cars and the wounded screaming in terror.

Earlier this week, President Vladimir Putin warned Russian Federation will use more advanced military force against terror groups in Syria “if necessary”.

The Kremlin has previously described similar reports as “information warfare” aimed at discrediting its operations in Syria.

“For a large part of this Syria conflict Amnesty, particularly here in its London office, has made no secret of its support for large part of Syria’s rebellion, even at some point a couple of years ago calling – which many people would find freakish for human rights group – for the arming of Syria’s rebels, even though at the time Syrian rebels were known to be carrying out human rights abuses themselves of very serious nature”.