BOMBING OF THE INNOCENTS
Shocking video shows bloodied kids being rushed to hospital as Russian and Syrian airstrikes blitz Aleppo
The world has been sickened by the devastation seen in Aleppo
A LITTLE Syrian boy is seen crying and covered in blood in the latest heartbreaking picture to emerge from bomb-blasted Aleppo.
The infant, who appears to be no older than five, is seen being comforted by under-fire hospital workers - the latest victim in a bloody conflict with no end in sight.
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Aleppo has become the main battle ground of a conflict now in its sixth year. Capturing rebel districts of Syria's largest city, where more than 250,000 civilians are trapped, would mark the biggest victory of the civil war for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
Bebars Mishal, a civil defence worker in rebel-held Aleppo, said the bombardment continued until 6am local time today.
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"It's the same situation. Especially at night, the bombardment intensifies, it becomes more violent, using all kinds of weapons, phosphorous and napalm and cluster bombs," Mishal told Reuters.
"Now, there's just the helicopter, and God only knows where it will bomb. God knows which building will collapse," he said.
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Russian and Syrian warplanes are accused of dropping napalm, cluster bombs and ground-penetrating bunker buster munitions to try to destroy rebel resistance.
An emergency meeting of the UN security council, called by the US, UK and France, heard that Russia and Syria launched 150 airstrikes in 72 hours this week.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, reported that 213 civilians had died in Aleppo since the ceasefire collapsed last week.
Yesterday Boris Johnson claimed Russia could be guilty of war crimes in Syria as he risked a diplomatic war with a withering assault on the Kremlin.
The Foreign Secretary condemned the Putin regime for their actions in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the “barbaric” attacks on Aleppo.
And he said Russia would be in the dock if it was proven they deliberately targeted an aid convoy in strikes that killed 20 last week.
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He said: “A war crime is defined as when you attack something, attack a civilian target in the knowledge that it is a civilian target.
“Now Putin’s regime is not only as it were handing Assad the revolver. He is in some instances actually firing the revolver himself.
“The Russians themselves are actually engaged.”
A statement from more than 30 rebel groups, including the faction backed by the West, said the bombing campaign which killed dozens of people in the past few days was “unprecedented”.
It also cast doubt on future peace deals, saying they could not accept “Russia as a sponsor because it was a partner with the regime in its crimes against our people.
“Russian-backed Syrian forces were also using napalm and chemical weapons without censure by the international community, the statement said.”
The comments came as the Foreign Ministers of the UK, France, Italy, Germany and the US issued a joint statement urging Russia to salvage a cease fire and a diplomatic resolution to the crisis.
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