Many More Children Killed in US-Controlled Refugee Camp in Homs Province

A large number of children and women have been killed in the US-controlled al-Rukban Refugee Camp in al-Tanf region in Eastern Homs province, an Arab media outlet reported.

News ID: 445561

Date: 22 June 2019 - 22:21

RNA - "A new group of residents of al-Rukban Camp controlled by the US and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) comprising about 400 people, most of them women and children, have left al-Tanf region near the border with Iraq and Jordan for safe areas under the Syrian Army control via al-Jaliqam crossing," the Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted special sources as saying.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over past 24 hours.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in provinces across Syria.

Homs

A large number of children and women have been killed in the US-controlled al-Rukban Refugee Camp in al-Tanf region in Eastern Homs province, an Arab media outlet reported on Friday.

The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted special sources as saying that a new group of residents of al-Rukban Camp controlled by the US and the SDF comprising about 400 people, most of them women and children, have left al-Tanf region near the border with Iraq and Jordan for safe areas under the Syrian Army control via al-Jaliqam crossing.

The residents of al-Rukban camp who had managed to flee the camp said that a large number of women and children have been killed due to the unfavorable conditions, including shortage of foodstuff, medicine, drinking water and deteriorating hygienic conditions.

They noted that the US Army troops distribute foodstuff, medicine and drinking water among the Washington-backed terrorist groups in the region.

Deir Ezzur

The corpses of a large number of victims of the ISIL terrorist group were discovered in a mass grave in one of the terrorists' prisons in Eastern Deir Ezzur, the Arabic-language media outlets said.

According to Fars News Agancy, the Arabic-language Al-Watan newspaper reported that the residents of the town of al-Sha'afeh in Eastern Deir Ezzur found the mass grave containing 50 corpses in an underground tunnel that was used by the ISIL as a jail.

It noted that most of the dead bodies belonged to the Iraqi citizens, adding that the ISIL might have executed the civilians before withdrawing from the region.

The paper said that the ISIL terrorists had also used the tunnel as a place for hiding weapons and ammunition and equipping the vehicles with bombs.

Idlib

Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) terrorists targeted a Syrian Army fighter jet by Turkish-made air defense missile in Southern Idlib, the Arabic-language media outlets reported.

The Arabic-language Rai al-Youm news website quoted sources affiliated to the terrorists as saying that the Syrian fighter jet was hit by Tahrir al-Sham's missile.

However, the Syrian and Russian officials did not confirm that the Syrian fighter jet was hit by Tahrir al-Sham.

It is for the second time this month that Tahrir al-Sham terrorists have announced they have hit the Syrian fighter jets with Turkish-made missiles.

Meantime, the Arabic-language al-Watan reported that the Russian and Syrian air forces have hit the military positions of Tahrir al-Sham in Kafar Zita, al-Latamineh in Northern Hama and Kafar Nubl, Khan Sheikhoun, outskirts of Kafar Sajneh, Hish and Saraqib in Southern Idlib, killing a large number of terrorists.

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