Syrian armed opposition groups, among them jihadists but also Western-backed rebels, have indiscriminately targeted civilians in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.<\/p>\n
In a new report, the New York-based group said it had documented dozens of opposition attacks against civilians in government-held parts of Syria (…)<\/p>\n
The report said several dozen car bomb attacks in Damascus and Homs provinces had hit areas with no government military targets, and often targeted districts occupied by religious minorities.<\/p>\n
HRW also documented regular indiscriminate shelling by opposition groups on the capital Damascus and Homs city, mostly against civilian areas, and in some cases schools full of children.<\/p>\n
The groups responsible for the indiscriminate attacks ranged from jihadists like the Islamic State group to rebels grouped under the Western-backed Free Syrian Army, the report said (…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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