Russia accuses US of using internationally banned bombs in Syria
The airstrikes carried out by the US F-15s have caused major fires in Deir ez-Zor province, the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation said in a statement, noting that information about “people killed and injured due to the strikes is being clarified.”
Two US F-15 jets on September 8 carried out strikes using banned
phosphorus bombs in Deir ez-Zor province, the Russian Center for Syrian
Reconciliation said in a statement.
The US-led coalition, consisting of more than 70 countries, is
conducting military operations against Daesh* in Syria and Iraq
without UN or Syrian permission.
Esmer reportedly stated that the Pentagon was preparing to set up a missile defense shield in Syria’s northeastern cities of Al Hasakah and Rmelan.
“In Deir ez-Zor province
on September 8, 2018, two F-15 aircraft of the US Air Force carried
out strikes on the settlement of Hadjin with the use of phosphorus
incendiary munitions. As a result of the strikes, major fires were
observed. Information on victims and injured is being clarified,”
Major-General Vladimir Savchenko stated, stressing that the use
of weapons with white phosphorus is prohibited by an additional protocol
to the 1949 Geneva Convention.
Esmer reportedly stated that the Pentagon was preparing to set up a missile defense shield in Syria’s northeastern cities of Al Hasakah and Rmelan.
In April, media reported that Daesh had
succeeded in seizing the oil fields in the province of Deir ez-Zor
in eastern Syria, which was its former key stronghold, with the group using the oil fields to raise funds for its terror state.
This is not the first time that the US-led coalition is accused of conducting airstrikes on Deir ez-Zor.
In June, the US-led coalition reportedly
hit positions of the Syrian Armed Forces in the Al Bukamal area, killing
multiple Syrian servicemen and injuring several others.
In 2017, US airstrikes claimed the lives
of six civilians, including three children, leading to Damascus’
accusations of the US-led coalition of using white phosphorus,
prohibited by international convention, to damage infrastructure and
kill civilians.
Source: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-accuses-us-of-using-internationally-banned-bombs-in-syria/
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