Syrian Official:

Thousands of Children Killed by Terrorists, US-Led Coalition Since 2011

Rasa - Thousands of children have been killed by the US-led coalition and terrorist groups, including the White Helmets, in the past 7 years of war in Syria, medical officials said on Monday.

News ID: 441273

Date: 30 October 2018 - 22:06

RNA - The Arabic-language website of Sputnik quoted Managing-Director of Syria's Forensics Department Dr. Zaher Hajou as saying that tens of thousands of Syrian children have been executed, beheaded, shot dead or killed in bomb and missile attacks in residential areas of different towns, specially schools, by the terrorists since 2011.

He added that when Aleppo province was occupied by the terrorists, death of 4,300 children were registered in its forensics office, noting that 1,100 children in Hama province and over 2,800 children in Damascus province have also been killed in the terrorists' suicide attacks, blasts and missile strikes during the several year long war.

Hajou also said that tens of thousands of people have been buried under rubbles in Raqqa during the US-led coalition's inconsiderate airstrikes on the province under the pretext of fighting the ISIL.

According to Fars News Agancy, he referred to the crimes committed by the White Helmets against the children, and said they have killed tens of children to display them as victims of Syrian army attacks in videos.

A Russian media outlet reported earlier this month that more than 1,500 victims killed in the US air raids and its allied militants were buried in the largest mass grave in Raqqa city in Northeastern Syria,.

The Arabic-language website of Russia's state news agency, RT, reported that the largest mass grave of civilians is in Panorama in Raqqa city with over 1,500 bodies of victims killed in the US air raids or in the Washington-backed militants' attacks when the city was under ISIL's rule.

In the meantime, the Kurdish-language Hawar news reported that Raqqa Civil Team has thus far discovered 11 mass graves, adding that excavations have completed in 8 mass graves.

Also, the remains of the victims of the US air raids are being taken out from under the ruined buildings' debris is in the city.

Syrian Army Discovers American, Israeli Arms, Medicines in Terrorists' Positions in Quneitra

The army's engineering units carried out clean-up operations in the villages of Bariqah, Ba'ar Ajam, Rasm Sanad in Southern and Western Quneitra province and found a large volume of arms and ammunitions and other military equipment.

Cannons, mortar launchers, anti-tank missiles, drones, the US-made missiles and Israeli arms and noise-making devices were among the discovered equipment.

A large volume of medicines, ambulances and trucks, mostly manufactured in the western states, were also found in the terrorists' positions in Quneitra province.

Last month, the army men carried out mop-up operation in the village of al-Mo'alaqa and in the small town of Jabata al-Khashab in Quneitra, finding a large volume of weapons, munitions and medicines in regions that were once under control by ISIL and Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front).

Israel and American sniper rifles, machineguns, rockets, cannons, communication devices and medicines were found in the terrorists' positions.

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