Human
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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