120 civilians killed in syria by air strikes
At least 120 Civilians including 38 children have been killed in Syria. The bloodshed was outcome of Air Strikes by Syrian government and allied forces. However, the government of Syria and its main ally Russia deny the targeting civilian places in air strikes. The United Nations released figures telling huge increase of civilians killed in Syria. Most of the casualties occurred in Idlib region. The heinous bombardment on civilian places has shrugged the world once again.
“The Air Strikes by Government and Allies have killed more than 100 civilians in Syria”, it said. A statement released by United Nations mentions that “The Syrian forces and alliance have deliberately targeted School, Markets and Hospitals.”
. The government of Syria and its main ally Russia deny the targeting civilian places in air strikes.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed increasing in violence. It said the recent attacks by Syrian Forces and Alliance have killed 740 civilians. Human rights group working in Syria labeled current bloodshed a real “nightmare”.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) is a UK-based information office. It was founded in May 2006, the NGO aims to document human rights violations and casualties occur in Syria. The group has more diverted its focus on Syrian Civil War.
Civilians killed in Syria
SOHR also documents civilians killed in Syria, since the beginning of Civil War. According to them more than 18,500 killed in Syria by Russian airstrikes. The strikes also targeted ISIL fighters which resulted at least 5,300 killed during Syrian Civil War.
The Russian attacks also hit Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria named “Al-Nusra Front”.More than 5,000 fighter of ANF were killed in Syria by Russian bombardment.
Russian Intervention in Syrian Civil War
After the intense pressure of United State and to tackle Syrian civil war, Assad regime asked Russia to intervene. The Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War began in September 2015.
Russian special operations forces and military advisors were stationed in Syria later on. Russia officially announced its troops permanent existence in Syrian at the end of December 2017.
US and Russia; Tug of War
Political analysts think that Syrian Civil War to be a proxy war between Russia and the US. The president of Syria Bashar al-Assad himself on of them of judge Syrian Civil War as Russia United State ‘Tug of War’ in his country.
How many Civilians Killed in Syria by Russian Air Strikes?
Russia has targeted multiple site in Syria through Air Strikes. Most of them were during September 2015 to June 2019. Russian Air Strikes at least killed 8,115 civilians in Syria. That also hit few Turkish troops, among three were dead.
How many people Killed in Syria by US led Air Strikes?
As per Syrian Observatory Human Rights, at least 14,000 people have been killed in Syria by US led airstrikes. Among them around 9,156 belonged to ISIL, while 320 were from Al-Nusra Front.
Surprisingly the collateral damage was much higher than expected. According to SOHR, more than 4,000 civilians killed in Syria by US led coalition forces. However, at least 170 government soldiers were killed in Syria by US.
Who is Bashar Al Assad
Bashar al-Assad is the son of former President of Syria, Hafez al-Assad. He has been the President of Syria since July 2000. He is also commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces, largely responsible for carnage in Syria. Bashar al-Assad is also Regional Secretary of Socialist Ba’ath Party’s branch in county.
Ba’ath Party of Syria
Ba’ath Party of Syria is a neo-Ba’athist political party with branches across the Arab world. The currently ruling party is a split in Ba’ath party in 1966. The father of current President of Syria Bashar Al-Assad, Hafez Al-Assad led the Ba’ath party until 2000. The Syrian branch of Ba’ath party is the largest organisation within Syrian.
Friends of Assad
Iran as regional allie has long supported Bashar al-Assad regime. Both countries have strong bonds on base of sectarian and strategic ground, while Iran has been playing key role in Syrian Civil War.
Russia is another good friend of Assad. Since the beginning of Syrian Civil War, Russia supported Assad and his regime in United Nations. With the help of another strategic allie China, both vetoed UN Security Council condemnation. The processed denouncement was subject to heinous crimes and alleged civilian attacks by Assad forces.
ISIL
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) now globally recognized as Islamic State (IS) is a militant group. The group was focused global attention in 2014 when it forcibly dragged out Iraqi authorities out of key cities. ISIL has already occupied Iraqi city Mosul earlier to this.
ISIL and Syrian Civil War
ISIL initially hit ground attacks on both government forces and opposition parties. They largly dominated Eastern areas of country during Syrian civil war by December 2015.
Who Financed ISIL?
Who was the main sponsor of all terror and carnage made by ISIL is still a never answered query. According to an unofficial estimate ISIL had an annual budget of more than US$1 billion. Apart from this the man power of militant group is supposed to be around 30,000.
The End of ISIS in Syria
ISIL existence killed thousand in Syria. In 2014 Syrian city Raqqa became the group’s de facto capital city. The Armageddon between Syrian Democratic Forces and Daesh fighters brought down ISIL to an official end on October 2017.
