38 killed in Syria’s Daraa offensive
Thursday 28/June/2018 - 02:42 PM
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The Syrian regime continued its operations in the
Syrian city of Daraa, leaving 38 civilians dead and dozens wounded, including
women and minors, Newspapers reported, on Thursday.
Activists, the civil defense center and health
directorate in Daraa said that more than 100 air raids were launched and 74
barrel bombs were dropped, including 32 bombs on areas in the countryside of
Daraa.
The raids also knocked four hospitals out of
service, according to medical sources. Also, the airstrikes led to the
postponement of the exams of primary and secondary students in all schools.
Syria’s army is pursuing a divide-and-conquer
strategy against rebels in the south, aiming to chop up the horseshoe-shaped
territory that the opposition holds.
