{"id":179434,"date":"2018-11-21T17:37:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T17:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=179434"},"modified":"2018-11-24T05:19:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T05:19:01","slug":"us-continues-attacking-residential-areas-in-eastern-syria-with-banned-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=179434","title":{"rendered":"US Continues Attacking Residential Areas in Syria with Banned Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Fars News \u2013 Nov 21, 2018<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_49200\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/white-phosphorus-shells-explode-in-gaza-un-school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/white-phosphorus-shells-explode-in-gaza-un-school.jpg\" alt=\"White phosphorus shells explode in Gaza. \" width=\"350\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/white-phosphorus-shells-explode-in-gaza-un-school.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/white-phosphorus-shells-explode-in-gaza-un-school-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White phosphorus shells explode in Gaza.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The sources further said a growing wave of fear has covered civilian communities over the US air raids and the Syrian Democratic Forces&#8217; artillery attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The US warplanes have been pounding residential unis and killing civilians in Eastern Syria regularly claiming that they attack only ISIL&#8217;s bases. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Syria&#8217;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&#8217;an near the town of Hajin in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It further said that two civilians were killed and several more were wounded in another US raid on the small town of al-Shafa&#8217;ah in Southeastern Deir Ezzur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It added that ISIL terrorists were not stationed at the ruined schools. &#8220;It was not the first time the US air force was targeting and destroying non-military locations, including Syria&#8217;s infrastructures,&#8221; the militant-affiliated website continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.farsnews.com\/newstext.aspx?nn=13970830000536\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite ISIS having been defeated (by the Russians), the U.S. is in no hurry to leave. 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