At least 200 civilians were killed in Russian air strikes in Syria from 30 September to 29 November, an Amnesty International report says.
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Russia’s bombing of Syria may quantity to a war crime as a result of of the quantity of civilians its strikes have killed, Amnesty International stated on Wednesday, presenting what it stated was proof that the air raids had violated humanitarian regulation.
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There is also evidence that suggests Russian Federation uses internationally banned cluster munitions and unguided bombs in populated residential areas.
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There are indeed some “serious defects” in the credibility of Amnesty’s report, security analyst and former counter-terrorism intelligence officer Charles Shoebridge told RT, suggesting that was rather an emotional call to avoid civilian casualties, than an independent and impartial investigation. “Such attacks may amount to war crimes”, he said. “Each of those vehicles is considered a tactical unit and represents a legitimate military target”. ” Amnesty confirmed they are also working on a report on U.S. strikes in Syria, but did not say when this would be released”.
Fixed-wing military aircraft based primarily at the Hmaymim air base in Latakia governorate have since then carried out thousands of sorties across the country and attacked thousands of locations that Russian Federation has described as “terrorist” targets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has insisted its military in Syria operates in line with global law.
Bomblets from a cluster bomb believed to have been used by the Russian military in an attack near Aleppo, Syria, rest on the ground on December 18, 2015.
Amnesty noted that Russian authorities “have claimed that their armed forces are only striking “terrorist” targets”.
Cluster munitions are indiscriminate and due to the high dud rate pose a long-term threat to civilian populations. The think tank found that ninety-percent of Russian air strikes have not targeted the Islamic State.
In another attack five civilians were killed and a dozen homes were destroyed when a suspected Russian sea-launched cruise missile struck residential buildings in Darat Izza, Aleppo governorate, on 7 October. It is very interesting that all these reservations somehow vanished from the many western media publications of this Amnesty International report.
“As for cluster munitions allegations”.
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The Defence Ministry has studied the report, which contains “trite cliches” and “fake information”, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told a news briefing.
