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Syrian Arab Army Uses Cluster Munitions on Refugee Camp Near Idlib
Published 2 years ago
Chaotic video coming out of the Idlib region this morning shows a series of cluster munitions being used against a camp for displaced persons. In total, nine civilians were killed and another 77 were injured.
According to both the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Government forces deployed a series of cluster munitions against the Maram refugee camp in the Idlib province this morning at around 7am. Reports from the region believe that the point of origin for the attack is the Nairab airport, in eastern Aleppo province. It is believed that a Russian reconnaissance plane was flying overhead during the shelling, which killed 9 civilians and injured another 77.
"About 12 civilians are in very serious condition, so the death toll could increase. The attack destroyed about 45 tents and partially damaged about 90, and more than 2,500 people have been displaced so far," Fadel Abdel Ghani, chairman of the SNHR, said in a press release.
"Our initial investigations indicate that this was a joint attack between Syrian and Russian forces. Each missile carried dozens of cluster bombs, making this a war crime," he added.
It is worth noting that the shelled region is in firm control of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) faction of the Free Syrian Army. Local sources have indicated that the group's military headquarters may be located near the areas of the camps that were attacked by government cluster munitions this morning. HTS is most famous for the being an al-Qaeda offshoot organization in Syria.
