US Continues Attacking Residential Areas in Eastern Syria with Banned Weapons

TEHRAN (defapress)- The US fighter jets pounded the residential areas in Southeastern Deir Ezzur with internationally-forbidden weapons, killing and wounding a number of civilians, field sources reported on Wednesday.

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Date: 21 November 2018 - 15:14

The local sources in Southeastern Deir Ezzur reported that the US-led coalition warplanes used forbidden white-phosphorus bombs in their airstrikes on civilian districts in the town of Hajin and its outskirts on Tuesday, killing and injuring a number of people.

The sources further said a growing wave of fear has covered civilian communities over the US air raids and the Syrian Democratic Forces' artillery attacks.

The US warplanes have been pounding residential unis and killing civilians in Eastern Syria regularly claiming that they attack only ISIL's bases.

Syria's state news agency, SANA, reported on Saturday that a sum of 40 civilians, including women and children, have been killed after the warplanes targeted the village of al-Baq'an near the town of Hajin in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.

It further said that two civilians were killed and several more were wounded in another US raid on the small town of al-Shafa'ah in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.

In the meantime, the militant-affiliated al-Baladi news website reported that the fighter jets pounded the small town of Baqouz Tahtani and Baqouz Foqani on Thursday, destroying 3 schools.

It added that ISIL terrorists were not stationed at the ruined schools. "It was not the first time the US air force was targeting and destroying non-military locations, including Syria's infrastructures," the militant-affiliated website continued.

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