The Syrian regime's air and land offences kill 73 civilians
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Feb 24, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Feb 24, 2014 12:00 am
Almost 73 people were killed in air and land offensives by President Bashar al-Assad's regime across Syria on Sunday, say the Syrian Network for Human Rights
Almost 73 people, including 18 children and 7 women were killed in air and land offensives mounted by President Bashar al-Assad's regime across Syria on Sunday, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR).
Out of the 73 people killed in the attacks, the organization said that 16 died in Aleppo, 15 in Deir az-Zor, 10 in Hasakah, 9 each in suburbs of capital Damascus and in Dera, five in Idlib, four in Homs, two each in Hama and in Quneitra, and one in Raqqa, said the London-based human rights watchdog, which tracks civilian and dissident casualties.
The Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCC) reported that regime army helicopters dropped several barrel bombs on Daraa suburb in Damascus, where many buildings were damaged and demolished.
Syria's civil war, which will reach its third-year mark in March, has resulted in the deaths of over 130,000 people and displaced millions, according to UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
In August last month, United Nations Refugee Agency announced one million Syrian children were registered as refugees in neighboring countries, raising fears of a 'lost generation' in Syria.
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