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Scores of Syrians Killed in Regime and US-Led Coalition Attacks on Various Cities

January 7, 2017 

Editor's Note:

The coalition which fights the Islamic State and other Sunni groups in Syria consists of US-led NATO forces, Russian forces, Syrian Alewite government forces, Iranian-backed Shi'i militias, and Kurdish peshmerga forces. The coalition's continuous attacks have resulted in the killing of thousands of Iraqi and Syrian Sunni Muslim Arabs and the eviction of millions of them as a result of the destruction of their cities and villages.

The end outcome is going to be the weakening and possible dismantling of Iraqi and Syrian states as well as the eviction (ethnic cleansing of) Sunni Muslim Arabs, particularly from the upper Euphrates region of northwestern Iraq and northeastern Syria. 

The larger context for understanding the Syrian war (and other wars in the Middle East) is that it contributes to the implementation of the Zionist-Israeli plan of destroying the Arab Middle Eastern states in preparation for the establishment of the greater Israeli empire, from the Nile of Egypt to the Euphrates of Iraq.  

For a background, read: 

Zionist Creative Destruction of the Middle East for the Benefit of the Apartheid Israeli Regime

 

 

Site of a Syrian regime artillery bombardment of Al-Bab, January 5, 2017	Tens of casualties and injuries in violent explosion at Azaz city, January 7, 2017 sohr

Clashes in the Syrian city of Homs, January 6, 2017	A US-led coalition war plane targeting Syrian cities, file, January 7, 2017

 

Fuel truck blast kills dozens in north Syrian border town

Sat Jan 7, 2017 | 8:58am EST

Reuters, BEIRUT --

A fuel truck exploded in the busy center of a rebel-held town near Syria's border with Turkey on Saturday, killing dozens of people and wounding dozens more, several sources said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 43 people, mostly civilians, were killed when the tanker blew up in front of a courthouse in the northern Syrian town of Azaz.

Dozens more had severe injuries, said the Observatory, which monitors the violence in the country.

In unsourced comments, Turkey's privately owned Dogan news agency said a car bomb planted by Islamic State was responsible.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility from the militant group.

Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency cited a doctor in Azaz as saying at least 60 people had been killed and more than 50 wounded.

An Azaz resident who went to the local hospital told Reuters he had counted around 30 bodies laid out.

Syria's nearly six-year war has created a patchwork of areas of control across the country, and Azaz is a major stronghold of the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA).

The FSA is an alliance of moderate rebel groups whose fighters have, with Turkish military support, pushed Islamic State militants out of the border area.

Saturday's explosion was heard across the border in the Turkish town of Kilis, Dogan said.

Anadolu said 23 wounded people had been taken by ambulance to Kilis hospital, one of whom subsequently died.

In a round-up of its military operations over the last 24 hours in support of rebels in northern Syria, the Turkish military said on Saturday that 21 Islamic State militants had been killed in clashes.

Turkish warplanes destroyed buildings and vehicles in air strikes on 12 Islamic State targets, it said.

(Reporting by Lisa Barrington in Beirut, Suleiman al-Khalidi in Amman and Daren Butler in Istanbul; Editing by John Stonestreet and Dale Hudson)

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The following are news stories from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) website (http://www.syriahr.com/en/):

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After the death of 467 civilians in their massacres in 2016… warplanes of the International Coalition commit a massacre and kill 11 civilians

SOHR, 07/01/2017  

It rose to 11 at least, the number of people who were killed and documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, they were killed in airstrikes by the international coalition on areas in the northern and western countryside of Al-Raqqah during the past 24 hours, where two of them were killed in bombing at the village of Ghadban and in the al-Swidiyyeh Kabira town in the east of al-Swidiyyeh Sghireh village, where it rose to 9 at least –including 5 children and citizen women all of them are from the same family– the number of people who were killed in the massacre that was carried out by warplanes of the coalition on the village, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation. Al-Swidiyyeh massacre is considered the first massacre against civilians carried out by warplanes of the coalition during the year 2017.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that as if the Syrians have not had enough killing by Bashar al-Assad’s regime warplanes and barrel bombs in their cities, towns and villages, so that the international coalition warplanes –which have entered for the purpose of “fighting the Islamic state organization”– go off the track and its missiles kill citizens, and increase the suffering of the Syrians and raise the death toll, where the Syrian Observatory for human rights documented since the first of January 2016 until the first of January 2017 the death of 2,429 people during a whole year of bombing by international coalition on areas of Syria, including 467 civilian civilians, they are 108 children under the age of eighteen and 60 citizen women over the age of eighteen, as well as 299 men, also these strikes have left hundreds wounded, some of whom suffered permanent disabilities, let alone the devastation caused by the bombing in the property of citizens in the areas that were targeted by these warplanes.

Among the total number of casualties documented by the Syrian Observatory over the past year there are 1864 member and commander of the “Islamic State” organization, most notably Abu Omar al-Shishani who served as the “Minister of War” in the ranks of the “Islamic state”, also the Observatory documented the death of 8 fighters and commanders in the ranks of the Islamic and “jihadist” factions that operate in Syria, in addition to documenting by the Observatory for the killing of 90 members in ranks of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, they were killed by warplanes of the coalition when they targeted Deir Ezzor airbase area and al-Thardah Mount and its surroundings in Deir Ezzor Province. 

45 persons were killed yesterday; including 2 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them and 15 other people

SOHR, 06/01/2017  

In Rif Dimashq Province six citizens were killed, they are: a child was killed in shelling on Ain al-Fijah in Wadi Barada, and a child was killed in shelling by the regime forces on places in al-Marj area in the Eastern Ghouta, and a citizen was killed in the fall of two shells launched by the regime forces on areas in Harasta city in the Eastern Ghouta, and a man was killed by sniper fire by the regime forces around Madaya town.

a  child from Wadi Barada area was killed by sniper fire from the regime forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah who take position at the perimeter of Wadi Barada, and a child from Douma city was killed in shelling by the regime forces on areas in the village of Ain al-Fijah.

In Aleppo Province two fighters from an Islamic faction were killed in the shelling by the regime forces on al-Rashedin area in the west of Aleppo yesterday

In Al-Raqqah Province a person was killed in a land mine explosion in the countryside of al-Tabaqa city.

In Daraa Province a man from al-Sanamayn town died under torture in Syrian security jails.

And two citizens -including a child- were killed in shelling by Turkish forces on areas at al-Bab city in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo.

Also 15 persons were killed in the explosion of a booby trapped vehicle at the municipal stadium in Jableh city there are 8 civilians -including two boys and 3 citizen women- as well as the son of a General in the ranks of the regime forces, while the bodies of six people of those who were killed in the bombing are still unidentified, and it is not known whether the last corpses are for civilians or for members from the regime forces, or that the bomber is one of them, where most of the remaining bodies were mutilated

Also the bodies of three people were found east of the town of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, within an area under the control of “Jund al-Aqsa” organization who swore allegiance to Fath al-Sham Front, no information about the causes and circumstances of their killing.

While an explosives expert in the ranks of Jund al-Aqsa was killed in an IED explosion at a car he was ridding the day before yesterday between the city of Khan Shaykhun and the town of Morek in the southern countryside of Idlib.

And 5 fighters at least from the Syria Democratic Forces were killed in clashes against the “Islamic State” in the northern and western countryside of Al-Raqqah, and 8 members of the organization were killed in the same clashes and in bombing by the international coalition on the countryside of Al-Raqqah.

And a member of the regime forces was killed in shelling and clashes against the “Islamic State” in the eastern countryside of Homs

Airstrikes on Daraa countryside and activist kidnapped in its countryside, and the regime forces target Houla and clashes in the countryside of Homs

SOHR, 06/01/2017

Daraa Province:

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Warplanes carried out several raids on places in the area of the Battalion 26 in Sheikh Saeed town and Tal al-Jumou’ west of Nawa city in the western countryside of Daraa, also airstrikes targeted places in Tal Jabiya area where fighters of Fath al -Sham Front resides near Nawa city in the northern countryside of Daraa, no information about casualties yet. In another context, unidentified gunmen raided the home of a media activist in the town of Tafas in the countryside of Daraa, and took him to an unknown destination until the moment.

Homs Province

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The regime forces shelled places in Houla area in the northern countryside of Homs, no information about injuries, also clashes are taking place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the “Islamic State” organization in Jeb al-Jarrah in the eastern countryside of Homs and other areas, amid several airstrikes by warplanes on areas in the vicinity of the T4 airbase in the eastern countryside of Homs.

Coalition airstrikes target Der-Ezzor and kill 4 IS

SOHR, 07/01/2017

Der-Ezzor provinc: Coalition warplanes targeted areas near al-Sweaa in Bukamal countryside, the bombardment targeted IS vehicle what killed 4 IS and wounded others, Aerial bombardment targeted al-Jafra and al-Mreia in the military airport of DerEzzor, and other areas of the Tharda mount and Panorama outskirts, no reports of losses. A man from al-Jora neighborhood was killed by bombardment by IS on the area.

Tens of casualties and injuries in violent explosion at Azaz city

SOHR, 07/01/2017

Aleppo Province:

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Violent explosion shake Azaz city located in north of Aleppo province, the smoke was seen rising in the “Sharia Court” area, the explosion caused by a booby trapped car in the center of the city, which resulted in the destruction of the place and killed and injured tens of people, the injured people are being taken to the hospital and the bodies are being recovered from the place of bombing.

Helicopters bomb Morek and continuous clashes in the countryside Ain Issa and the Syria Democratic Forces advance in the area

SOHR, 07/01/2017

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Helicopters renewed the dropped of barrel bombs on areas in the town of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, no information about casualties.

Al-Raqqah Province

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: Clashes continue between the Syria Democratic Forces backed by warplanes of the international coalition against the “Islamic State” in the countryside of Ain Issa northwest of Al-Raqqah, where the Syria Democratic Forces managed to achieve advancement in the area and information about their control of a village in the countryside of Ain Issa, these forces in the past 24 hours have achieved advancement in five villages and several farms, after clashes against the “Islamic state”, and information about casualties in the ranks of both parties.

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The following are news stories from the US Department of Defense website (http://www.defense.gov/News) :

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Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 6, 2017 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 23 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, six strikes destroyed five oil and gas refinement buildings and a refinement still.

-- Near Raqqah, 17 strikes engaged 11 ISIL tactical units; destroyed 10 fighting positions, five oil pumpjacks, four oil refinement stills, two oil tanker trucks, an oil storage tank, a tunnel system, a vehicle bomb storage facility and a vehicle.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted six strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Haditha, a strike destroyed an artillery system.

-- Near Huwayjah, two strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL-held building and a vehicle.

-- Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units; destroyed three ISIL-held buildings, three supply caches, two mortar systems, a fighting position and a vehicle bomb; damaged 24 supply routes; and suppressed two mortar teams.

DoD Spokesman: U.S. Airstrikes Weaken Al-Qaida, ISIL

By Karen Parrish DoD News, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2017 —

A series of precision U.S. airstrikes against al-Qaida operatives this week in northwestern Syria’s Idlib province killed more than 20 militants and destroyed eight vehicles and nine structures, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook told reporters today.

A U.S. strike on Jan. 1 hit two al-Qaida vehicles that had departed a large al-Qaida headquarters near Sarmada, Syria, Cook said.

And, a Jan. 3 U.S. strike hit the headquarters compound itself, he added.

Military Strikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 5, 2017 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 15 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Ayn Isa, a strike destroyed three ISIL tunnels.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, five strikes destroyed six oil pumpjacks and an oil tanker truck.

-- Near Raqqa, nine strikes engaged five ISIL tactical units; destroyed six fighting positions, four oil tanker trucks, an oil pumpjack, an artillery system and a command and control node; and damaged two supply routes.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 10 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Haditha, a strike destroyed a bridge.

-- Near Huwayjah, a strike destroyed an ISIL headquarters building.

-- Near Mosul, seven strikes engaged four ISIL tactical units; destroyed five ISIL-held buildings, four fighting positions, four mortar systems, two weapons caches, a supply cache, a communications tower, a vehicle, a command and control node and a rocket and unmanned aerial vehicle factory; damaged 27 supply routes; and suppressed two mortar teams.

-- Near Tal Afar, a strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle bomb factory.

Coalition Strikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 4, 2017 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 21 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Shadaddi, three strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units; destroyed a vehicle bomb, a vehicle bomb storage facility and a fighting position; and damaged a repeater box and communications tower.

-- Near Ayn Isa, three strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units, destroyed a fighting position and disabled an ISIL armored vehicle.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, seven strikes destroyed two excavators, one bulldozer, two oil wellheads, 13 oil construction vehicles, four cranes, a piece of engineering equipment and seven front-end loaders.

-- Near Raqqah, seven strikes engaged five ISIL tactical units; destroyed a vehicle bomb, a vehicle bomb storage facility, a weapons cache and 11 fighting positions; and suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.

-- Near Tanf, a strike destroyed an ISIL repeater box, two repeater antennas and two solar panels.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted six strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Beiji, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit.

-- Near Huwayjah, two strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit, destroyed a pickup truck and a vehicle bomb storage facility.

-- Near Mosul, three strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units; destroyed two mortars, a tactical vehicle and two command and control nodes; damaged two supply routes, and suppressed nine mortar teams and an ISIL tactical unit.

Coalition Targets ISIL in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 3, 2017 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter, remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted 14 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Abu Kamal, a strike destroyed three oil wellheads.

-- Near Shadaddi, four strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units and destroyed an ISIL-held building, a fighting position, a weapons cache, a vehicle bomb and a vehicle bomb storage facility.

-- Near Raqqah, five strikes engaged four ISIL tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions, a weapons cache and an ISIL-held building.

-- Near Ayn Isa, a strike destroyed a vehicle bomb.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, a strike destroyed four oil refinement tanks and an oil tanker truck.

-- Near Manbij, two strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted 10 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Beiji, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed three tactical vehicles, an ISIL-held building and an armored front-end loader.

-- Near Haditha, a strike destroyed an ISIL-held building, a heavy machine gun and a mortar system.

-- Near Huwayjah, three strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a weapons cache, a piece of engineering equipment and an improvised weapons factory.

-- Near Qaim, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a checkpoint.

Military Strikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 2, 2017 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 17 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Abu Kamal, a strike destroyed an oil wellhead and a crane.

-- Near Raqqah, 12 strikes engaged five ISIL tactical units; destroyed six fighting positions, two oil storage tanks and an ISIL checkpoint; and damaged five supply routes, a bridge and a trench.

-- Near Ayn Isa, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a mortar system.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, a strike destroyed an oil wellhead, a drilling truck, a dump truck, and two oil tanker trucks.

-- Near Idlib, two strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two tactical vehicles.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery conducted nine strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Haditha, a strike destroyed an ISIL bunker.

-- Near Kisik, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an observation post and a weapons cache.

-- Near Mosul, six strikes engaged four ISIL tactical units; destroyed four mortars, five vehicle bombs, a heavy machine gun, a vehicle, an ISIL-held building, a pontoon bridge, and three vehicle bomb factories; disabled two bridges; damaged 31 supply routes; and suppressed six mortar teams.

-- Near Rawah, a strike destroyed two weapons storage facilities.

Coalition Strikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 1, 2017 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 19 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Abu Kamal, a strike destroyed an oil tanker truck.

-- Near Shadaddi, a strike destroyed a vehicle bomb.

-- Near Raqqah, 15 strikes engaged nine ISIL tactical units; destroyed four vehicle bombs, eight fighting positions, two heavy machine guns and a supply route; and damaged an ISIL tactical vehicle.

-- Near Ayn Isa, two strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a fighting position and an anti-air artillery piece.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter, remotely piloted and rotary wing aircraft conducted nine strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Beiji, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a rocket rail.

-- Near Haditha, two strikes damaged four ISIL defensive berms.

-- Near Kisik, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL tactical vehicle.

-- Near Mosul, three strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed three front-end loaders, a bulldozer, five mortars, two supply caches, a truck, inoperable coalition equipment, two vehicle bombs and a barge; suppressed three ISIL mortar teams; and damaged 19 ISIL supply routes and a defensive berm.

-- Near Tal Afar, two strikes destroyed an ISIL highway checkpoint and a vehicle bomb factory.

Military Strikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Dec. 31, 2016 —

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber and fighter aircraft conducted 21 strikes in Syria:

-- Near Raqqah, 17 strikes engaged 14 ISIL tactical units; destroyed 12 fighting positions, three oil storage tanks, a vehicle bomb and an oil wellhead; damaged two supply routes; and suppressed a tactical unit.

-- Near Tanf, four strikes destroyed two vehicle bombs.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter, remotely piloted and rotary wing aircraft and rocket artillery conducted seven strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Huwayjah, a strike destroyed an ISIL-held building.

-- Near Haditha, a strike damaged a fighting position.

-- Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed five fighting positions, three mortar systems, three ISIL-held buildings, a vehicle, a crane, a weapons factory, a vehicle bomb and a mortar position; damaged 12 supply routes; and suppressed four mortar positions.

-- Near Qayyarah, a strike destroyed an ISIL weapons storage facility.

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