Amnesty: Russian airstrikes killing hundreds of Syrian civilians

At least 200 civilians have been killed by Russian airstrikes in Syria since Russia’s air campaign began there in September, according to a new report by Amnesty International.

Russian Federation could have dedicated war crimes with airstrikes in Syria which have killed lots of of civilians & triggered “massive destruction” in residential areas, in accordance to Amnesty International.

“Of course nobody would say that it is not hard in Syria’s circumstances to carry out such an [impartial] investigation, particularly since these areas, the targets of Russia’s attacks are of course under the control of rebel and in many cases extremist Islamist groups, which of course very much restricts what local members of the public are allowed to say”, Shoebridge explained.

Russian Federation has been accused of killing hundreds of civilians in raids on Syria using “cluster munitions and unguided bombs”. “Such conduct does not cultivate confidence in their willingness to investigate reported violations in good faith”, said Phillip Hunter.

While Russia has remained silent on civilian casualties inflicted by its forces and claimed that it is attacking only “terrorist targets”, the United States has also been mum on the subject.

The Kremlin doesn’t have information about any such incidents or the “reliability of the data cited by Amnesty International”, Peskov told reporters Wednesday on a conference call.

Yesterday, the Turkish Prime Minister condemned a suspected Russian attack that killed scores of people in the city of Idlib on Sunday. Medical facilities have special protection under global humanitarian law, and attacking them can amount to a war crime.

The Russian Defence launched Calibre cruise missiles from a submarine in the Mediterranean Sea during a strike against Islamic State group’s positions in Syria.

He pointed out that militants used weapons mounted on vehicles and that “each vehicle is considered a tactical unit and represents a legitimate military target”. “‘Terrible waves of indiscriminate attacks” Speaking to the Independent upon the release of its report, Amnesty said its research suggested Russia’s role in Syria had gone from “callous to catastrophic”.

“By presenting satellite imagery of an intact mosque and claiming it showed another that had been destroyed, the Russian authorities appear to have used sleight of hand to try to avoid reproach and avert scrutiny of their actions in Syria”. It said it had put its findings to the Russian authorities, but received no “substantive response”.

Smoke rises after what activists said were cluster bombs dropped by the Russian air force in the town of Maaret al-Naaman in Idlib province.

The Defence Ministry has studied the report, which contains “trite cliches” and “fake information”, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a news briefing. “Russian aviation does not use them”, he said.