国产视频楢n outrage国产视频: UNICEF says 22 children and six teachers died in Syria school attack
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If the air strikes that hit a school in Idlib province were deliberate, then that it is a war crime said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.
Air strikes that hit a school in rebel-held Idlib province in northwest Syria yesterday killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children国产视频檚 agency UNICEF said.
国产视频淭his is a tragedy. It is an outrage. And, if deliberate, it is a war crime,国产视频 said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 国产视频渨arplanes 国产视频 either Russia or Syrian 国产视频 carried out six strikes国产视频 in the village of Hass, including on a school complex, killing at least 35 civilians including 11 schoolchildren.
Lake said the school compound was 国产视频渞epeatedly attacked,国产视频 adding that it may be the deadliest attack on a school since the war began more than five years ago.
国产视频淲hen will the world国产视频檚 revulsion at such barbarity be matched by insistence that this must stop?国产视频 added the UNICEF chief.聽
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Asked about the attack, Russia国产视频檚 UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin responded: 国产视频淚t国产视频檚 horrible, horrible. I hope we were not involved.国产视频
Syrian government forces and their Russian ally have been accused by rights groups of carrying out indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure.
The White Helmets civil defence group released pictures of four rescue workers clambering over a mound of rubble in search of survivors after what it said was a 国产视频渄ouble-tap国产视频 strike on the school.
The raids hit Hass around 11:30 am, an activist with the opposition Idlib Media Centre told AFP.
国产视频淥ne rocket hit the entrance of the school as students were leaving to go home, after the school administration decided to end classes for the day because of the raids,国产视频 the activist said, speaking on condition of anonymity.聽
Other activists from the province circulated a photograph on social media of a child国产视频檚 arm, seared off above the elbow, still clutching the strap of a dusty black rucksack.
Shaky video footage depicted rescue workers sprinting towards the site of the raids and pulling a frail, elderly man out of a collapsed building. The authenticity of the pictures and footage could not be independently verified.
The latest attacks took to 89 the number of civilians killed in air strikes on Idlib province in the past seven days, said the Observatory.
A leading opposition group condemned the raids. The Istanbul-based National Coalition said Russian and regime warplanes 国产视频渢argeted children in their schools, deliberately and intentionally hitting civilians with high-explosive material国产视频.
Idlib province is controlled by the Army of Conquest, an alliance of rebel groups and jihadists including the Fateh al-Sham Front, which changed its name from Al-Nusra Front after breaking off ties with Al-Qaeda earlier this year.
Syrian and Russian warplanes regularly bomb Idlib, but air strikes have intensified in recent weeks, according to the Observatory. Russia is facing pressure at the United Nations to rein in its Syrian ally and halt air raids in rebel-held east Aleppo, where 250,000 civilians have been living under siege since July.
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