2015 Douma Market Air Strikes
On August 16, 2015, the Syrian Arab Air Force, Syrian Air Force launched strikes on the Syrian rebels, rebel-held city of Douma, Syria, Douma, northeast of Damascus, killing at least 96 people and injuring at least 200 others. It was one of the deadliest attacks to have occurred during the Syrian Civil War. The bombing According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, four separate missiles were fired in the strikes, which struck the main market in the town during rush hour. Initial airstrikes were reportedly followed shortly afterwards by surface-to-surface missiles which hit people who had rushed to the scene to help. The bodies of sixty of the massacre victims were buried in two mass graves on the night of August 16. Reactions Rami Abdurrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described the air strikes as "an official massacre that was carried out deliberately." A Syrian military source told Reuters that the country's air force had carried out strikes ...
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