Nearly 450 killed in Russian strikes on Syria

[Eugene]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Nearly 450 killed in Russian strikes on Syria

Agence France-Presse on Oct 23, 2015 @ 11:00 AM

Russian air strikes in Syria have killed at least 446 people, more than a third of them civilians, since they began end-September, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday.

Meanwhile, fresh attacks on a flashpoint town in the centre of the country by either Russian or regime planes killed at least 14 civilians, nearly half of them children, the Britain-based Observatory added.

Russia launched its air war on President Bashar al-Assad's opponents, saying it was targeting the Islamic State group and other "terrorists".

Of the total killed since then, 151 are civilians and include 38 children and 35 women, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.

The strikes have also killed 295 combattants, including 75 IS jihadists and 31 members of Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra Front, he said.

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[Jesus Malverde]

1. Alternate headline....297 Jihadists terrorists killed.

Assuming we give any credibility to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British based organization of dubious credibility.

It's hard to get any facts on the ground with so many competing narratives. It's quite possible they consider moderate jihadists as civilians. In fact most terrorists are civilians since they don't belong to real armies.