Human Rights Watch de**unces Syria barrel bomb attacks
 

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Z2...bbd718f53e.jpgHuman Rights Watch on Tuesday called for sanctions and an arms embargo to be imposed on Syria to punish the regime for its continued use of devastating barrel bombs in attacks. Thousands of civilians have been killed or injured by barrel bombs, a crude ****** made from large oil drums, gas cylinders and water tanks, packed with explosives and scrap metal and dropped from helicopters, the US-based rights organization said. Using satellite imagery, Human Rights Watch identified at least 450 damage sites in 10 towns and villages in the southern Daraa governate and over 1,000 in the **rthern city of Aleppo over the past year, which suggest widespread use of barrel bombs. Human Rights Watch said an arms embargo would limit the Syrian regime's ability to carry out air attacks and deny the regime the possibility to purchase new helicopters or service its existing fleet.




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