Missiles in Syria kill 50 as schools, hospitals hit; Turkey accuses Russia, Turkey on Monday accused Russia of an "obvious war crime" afterwards missile attacks in arctic Syria dead array of people, and warned Kurdish militia fighters there they would face the "harshest reaction" if they approved to abduction a boondocks abreast the Turkish border.
An abhorrent accurate by Russian bombing and Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias has brought the Syrian army to aural 25 km (15 miles) of Turkey's frontier. The Kurdish YPG militia - which Turkey commendations as a adverse anarchical force - has exploited the situation, abduction arena from Syrian rebels to extend its attendance forth the border.
Almost 50 civilians were dead if missiles hit at atomic 5 medical accessories and two schools in rebel-held areas of Syria on Monday, according to the United Nations, which alleged the attacks a arrant abuse of all-embracing law.
At atomic 14 were dead in the arctic boondocks of Azaz, the endure insubordinate bastion afore the bound with Turkey, if missiles hit a children's hospital and a academy apartment refugees, a medic and two association said. Missiles aswell hit a hospital in the boondocks of Marat Numan in the arena of Idlib, south of Aleppo.
Turkish Prime Abbot Ahmet Davutoglu said a Russian missile had hit the barrio and that abounding civilians including accouchement had been killed. Turkey's adopted admiral accused Russia of accustomed out an "obvious war crime."
But Russian Health Abbot Veronika Skvortsova said Russian air strikes were targeting Islamic State basement and she had no acumen to accept that Russian planes had austere noncombatant sites in Idlib.
"We are assured that (there is) no way could it be done by our aegis forces. This contradicts our ideology," she said in Geneva. Syria's agent to Russia said U.S. war planes were responsible.
White House civic aegis adviser Susan Rice on Monday accursed in the "strongest terms" the agitated bombing of arctic Syria, abacus that it ran adverse to commitments to abate hostilities fabricated by above admiral endure anniversary in Munich.
The Syrian civilian war, adapted by Russia's action endure September, has gone into an even college accessory back the United Nations approved to animate accord talks. The talks in Geneva were abeyant beforehand this ages afore they got off the ground.
World admiral agreed in Munich on Friday to a abeyance of hostilities in Syria to acquiesce altruistic aid to be delivered, but the accord does not yield aftereffect until the end of this anniversary and was not active by any clashing parties.
Turkey shelled YPG positions for a third beeline day on Monday to try to stop its fighters abduction Azaz, just 8 km from the border. Ankara fears the Kurdish militia, backed by Russia, is aggravating to defended the endure amplitude of about 100 km forth the Syrian bound not already beneath its control.
"We will not acquiesce Azaz to fall," Davutoglu told reporters on his even on the way to Ukraine. "If they access afresh they will see the harshest reaction," he said.
The collision has added the accident of absolute battle amid Russia and NATO affiliate Turkey.
U.N ENVOY IN DAMASCUS
U.N. Syria agent Staffan de Mistura fabricated a abruptness appointment to Damascus on Monday and will authority talks with Syria's adopted abbot on Tuesday, a Syrian government official told Reuters. A chief UN official after accepted that de Mistura had accustomed in Syria for an unscheduled appointment to "follow up on commitments fabricated in Munich."
But in a added clouding of the Munich deal, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that any armistice did not beggarly anniversary ancillary had to stop application weapons, and that cipher was able of accepting the altitude for one aural a week.
At a account appointment in Kiev, Turkey's prime abbot doubted Russia's charge to any accord to cease hostilities, pointing to comments from Moscow that it would abide its air strikes regardless.
"They wish to accept just two options in foreground of the all-embracing community: Daesh or Assad," Davutoglu said, application an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
Turkey is affronted by the amplification of Kurdish access in arctic Syria, fearing it will animate agitator ambitions a part of its own agitated Kurds. Ankara considers the YPG a agitator group.
Davutoglu said Turkey would accomplish the Menagh air abject arctic of the city-limits of Aleppo "unusable" if the YPG, which bedeviled it over the weekend from Syrian insurgents, did not withdraw.
Turkish Aegis Abbot Ismet Yilmaz said Ankara was not because sending troops to Syria, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.
An abhorrent accurate by Russian bombing and Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias has brought the Syrian army to aural 25 km (15 miles) of Turkey's frontier. The Kurdish YPG militia - which Turkey commendations as a adverse anarchical force - has exploited the situation, abduction arena from Syrian rebels to extend its attendance forth the border.
Almost 50 civilians were dead if missiles hit at atomic 5 medical accessories and two schools in rebel-held areas of Syria on Monday, according to the United Nations, which alleged the attacks a arrant abuse of all-embracing law.
At atomic 14 were dead in the arctic boondocks of Azaz, the endure insubordinate bastion afore the bound with Turkey, if missiles hit a children's hospital and a academy apartment refugees, a medic and two association said. Missiles aswell hit a hospital in the boondocks of Marat Numan in the arena of Idlib, south of Aleppo.
Turkish Prime Abbot Ahmet Davutoglu said a Russian missile had hit the barrio and that abounding civilians including accouchement had been killed. Turkey's adopted admiral accused Russia of accustomed out an "obvious war crime."
But Russian Health Abbot Veronika Skvortsova said Russian air strikes were targeting Islamic State basement and she had no acumen to accept that Russian planes had austere noncombatant sites in Idlib.
"We are assured that (there is) no way could it be done by our aegis forces. This contradicts our ideology," she said in Geneva. Syria's agent to Russia said U.S. war planes were responsible.
White House civic aegis adviser Susan Rice on Monday accursed in the "strongest terms" the agitated bombing of arctic Syria, abacus that it ran adverse to commitments to abate hostilities fabricated by above admiral endure anniversary in Munich.
The Syrian civilian war, adapted by Russia's action endure September, has gone into an even college accessory back the United Nations approved to animate accord talks. The talks in Geneva were abeyant beforehand this ages afore they got off the ground.
World admiral agreed in Munich on Friday to a abeyance of hostilities in Syria to acquiesce altruistic aid to be delivered, but the accord does not yield aftereffect until the end of this anniversary and was not active by any clashing parties.
Turkey shelled YPG positions for a third beeline day on Monday to try to stop its fighters abduction Azaz, just 8 km from the border. Ankara fears the Kurdish militia, backed by Russia, is aggravating to defended the endure amplitude of about 100 km forth the Syrian bound not already beneath its control.
"We will not acquiesce Azaz to fall," Davutoglu told reporters on his even on the way to Ukraine. "If they access afresh they will see the harshest reaction," he said.
The collision has added the accident of absolute battle amid Russia and NATO affiliate Turkey.
U.N ENVOY IN DAMASCUS
U.N. Syria agent Staffan de Mistura fabricated a abruptness appointment to Damascus on Monday and will authority talks with Syria's adopted abbot on Tuesday, a Syrian government official told Reuters. A chief UN official after accepted that de Mistura had accustomed in Syria for an unscheduled appointment to "follow up on commitments fabricated in Munich."
But in a added clouding of the Munich deal, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that any armistice did not beggarly anniversary ancillary had to stop application weapons, and that cipher was able of accepting the altitude for one aural a week.
At a account appointment in Kiev, Turkey's prime abbot doubted Russia's charge to any accord to cease hostilities, pointing to comments from Moscow that it would abide its air strikes regardless.
"They wish to accept just two options in foreground of the all-embracing community: Daesh or Assad," Davutoglu said, application an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
Turkey is affronted by the amplification of Kurdish access in arctic Syria, fearing it will animate agitator ambitions a part of its own agitated Kurds. Ankara considers the YPG a agitator group.
Davutoglu said Turkey would accomplish the Menagh air abject arctic of the city-limits of Aleppo "unusable" if the YPG, which bedeviled it over the weekend from Syrian insurgents, did not withdraw.
Turkish Aegis Abbot Ismet Yilmaz said Ankara was not because sending troops to Syria, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.
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