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world NEWSMonday 30 November 2015

Syrian opposition: Russian strikes kill 18, wound dozens

Syrian citizens help an injured man after airstrikes believed to be carried out by Russian strikes in Syria two months for the ultraconservative
warplanes in the center of Ariha town in the northwestern province of Idlib, Syria, Sunday, Nov. ago. Opposition activists Ahrar al-Sham group in the
29, 2015. Syrian opposition media is reporting that airstrikes believed to be carried out by Russian say more than 400 civil- town of Saraqib.
warplanes have killed and wounded dozens of people in a northwestern Syrian market. ians have been killed by The LCC reported airstrikes
Russian strikes since the air on a hospital in Idlib, the
(Ariha Today via AP) campaign began on Sept. provincial capital, and oth-
30. er targets in Saraqib.
BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes be- including four children, page that covers events An amateur video posted Russia says its airstrikes are
lieved to have been car- and wounding dozens in the town, said the air- online showed several men aimed at the Islamic State
ried out by Russian war- more. The Local Coordina- strikes were carried out by being treated on the floor group and other “terror-
planes killed at least 18 ci- tion Committees, an activ- Russian warplanes, killing of what appeared to be ists,” but Western officials
vilians and wounded doz- ist collective, said the air- 40 people and wounding a clinic. Blood stains could and Syrian rebels say most
ens more on Sunday in a strikes struck a busy market, more than 70. Conflicting be seen on the floor’s white of the strikes have focused
northern Syrian town held inflicting heavy casualties. tolls are common in the tiles. On the street outside, on central and northern
by insurgents, Syrian oppo- The Observatory, which chaotic aftermath of vio- four men could be seen ly- Syria, where IS does not
sition media reported. relies on a network of ac- lent incidents in Syria. ing near the building, with have a strong presence.
The Britain-based Syrian tivists inside Syria, said the If Russian warplanes car- several young men weep- In the capital Damascus,
Observatory for Human airstrike destroyed three ried out Sunday’s strikes it ing over them. state media quoted Presi-
Rights said the airstrikes buildings in the center of would be one of the dead- Shortly afterward, an am- dent Bashar Assad as say-
struck the town of Ariha, Ariha. liest incidents since Mos- bulance arrived and a ing that he is determined
killing at least 18 people, Ariha Today, a Facebook cow began launching air- wounded man in a wheel- to continue fighting “terror-
chair was carried into the ism in all its forms” because
clinic. Syria and its allies are “con-
The video appeared genu- fident that eliminating ter-
ine and corresponded to rorists is the main step in
other AP reporting of the bringing about stability to
event. the region and the entire
The Observatory reported world.”
several other strikes in the The Syrian state news
northwestern province agency SANA said Assad
of Idlib believed to have made his comments dur-
been carried out by Rus- ing a meeting on Sunday
sian warplanes on Sunday. with Ali Akbar Velayati,
It said that an office of the a top adviser to Iran’s su-
Turkistan Islamic Party, a preme leader Ayatollah
group that consists main- Ali Khamenei, who arrived
ly of fighters from Asian in Damascus earlier in the
states, was hit in the town day. Iran has been one of
of Jisr al-Shughour and that Assad’s strongest support-
planes struck a relief office ers over the past years.q

Israel defense minister says Russian plane breached airspace

IAN DEITCH troops downed a Russian out airstrikes to support rael later opened a chan- “Russian planes don’t in-
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Rus- warplane. Syrian President Bashar nel for coordination with tend to attack us and
sian jet recently pene- Defense Minister Moshe Assad. Russia “to prevent misun- therefore there is no need
trated Israeli airspace but Yaalon said the plane Yaalon told Israel Ra- derstandings.” to automatically, even if
was not shot down thanks entered about a mile dio that after Russia an- He said there has been there is some kind of mis-
to an open communica- (1.5 kilometers) into Israeli nounced its air campaign one incident so far of a take, shoot them down,”
tion system between the airspace by “mistake” in Syria, Israeli Prime Minis- Russian plane entering Is- he said.
two countries, Israel’s de- and immediately turned ter Benjamin Netanyahu, raeli airspace and it was Yaalon’s remarks come
fense minister said Sunday around back to Syria along with his military chief “immediately corrected amid a crisis between An-
as tensions continued to when the Russians were of staff and other officials, in the communications kara and Moscow after
flare between Ankara notified. For two months, met with Russian President channel.” He didn’t say Turkey downed a Russian
and Moscow after Turkish Russia has been carrying Vladimir Putin. He said Is- when it occurred. warplane.q