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Airstrike at Syrian refugee camp kills at least 28
Ralph Ellis and Holly Yan, CNN

(CNN)At least 28 people were killed when warplanes struck a refugee camp Thursday in Syria, the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, with many of the dead women and children.

Rami Abdul Rahman, director of the London-based group, told CNN it was not immediately clear whether Syrian or Russian planes conducted the airstrike.

The planes attacked the Kamuna camp next to Sarmada village in the northern countryside of Idlib province on the border with Turkey, according to the observatory.

Majd Khalaf, a civil defense officer in Syria, said the number of casualties may go higher because so many people were injured. He said two jet fighters struck the camp, according to eyewitnesses the civil defense team interviewed.

Video showed tents burning while men with firehoses tried to put out blazes. Men covered and carried away bodies, and women and children lying in a truck bed wailed in anguish before a vehicle drove them away.

The bombing was part of heavy fighting that erupted in Syria a day after the United States and Russia brokered a ceasefire for Aleppo

, one of the country's most war-torn cities, and surrounding areas.

Syrian government helicopters shelled the southern countryside of Aleppo with rockets and barrel bombs, and Syrian forces targeted the road connecting the city and Damascus, the monitoring group reported. At least two people were killed and a number injured, it said.

ISIS and other militant groups are fighting in different positions in the northern countryside of Aleppo, the observatory said.

Al Qaeda-affiliated al Nusra Front and other armed groups fired rockets on residential neighborhoods in Aleppo, the monitoring group said. Islamist and militant groups shelled regime-held area in the city.

Stephen O'Brien, the U.N. aid chief, condemned the airstrike, saying thousands of Syrians have been forced to flee their homes so far this year.

"Continued fighting and airstrikes mean that vulnerable, frightened children, women and men have nowhere safe to go," he said.

"If this obscene attack is found to be a deliberate targeting of a civilian structure, it could amount to a war crime."

'No justifiable excuse'

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said there is "no justifiable excuse" for a reported airstrike on a refugee camp in northern Syria. He said there were no U.S. or coalition aircraft operating in the area but didn't say who was responsible.
Tass, the Russian news agency

, said the truce was "very fragile due to the activity of terrorists," quoting Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

The United States and Russia concluded arrangements Tuesday for a cessation of violence in Aleppo and surrounding areas, according to the U.S. State Department.

The ceasefire was supposed to last 48 hours, starting at 1 a.m. local time Thursday (6 p.m. Wednesday ET), the Syrian army's general command said.
The ceasefire talks

were part of an international effort to enforce a cessation of violence across Syria.

Dozens have been killed on both sides in the latest surge of violence.

Rocket attacks targeting government-held areas in Aleppo killed at least 17 people Monday

, state media reported.

Fatalities included people at al-Dhabit hospital, state media and the observatory reported, blaming Islamist groups for the shelling.

The attacks came days after an airstrike hit a hospital in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, reportedly killing the city's last pediatrician

. The death toll from last week's attack has risen to 55, according to Doctors Without Borders.

The U.N. Security Council convened an urgent meeting Wednesday on the violence in Aleppo in response to a request from Britain and France.

CNN's Mohammed Tawfeeq and Merieme Arif also contributed to this report.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/05/middleeast/aleppo-syria-refugee-camp-bombed/index.html/
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And another version....


Refugee camp bombed near Aleppo: Multiple casualties reported, blame game begins

The UN has condemned the bombing of a Syrian refugee camp in Sarmada, a city 30km from Aleppo, in which dozens of civilians, including women and children, were allegedly killed or injured. A video has emerged showing the aftermath of attack.

READ MORE: At least 12 dead, 45 injured in Homs suicide bombings

Sarmada is located in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province close to the Turkish border and is said to be controlled by rebel factions fighting the government of President Bashar Assad. The makeshift camp which was targeted is said to have been accommodating up to 2,000 people who fled war-torn areas seeking safety.

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While no party has claimed responsibility for what reports have called an airstrike, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said US-led coalition warplanes were not on a mission in the stricken area, while stressing that “there is no justifiable excuse for carrying out an airstrike against innocent civilians who have already once fled their homes to escape violence.”

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien condemned the attack in a statement, while calling for an “immediate, impartial and independent investigation into this deadly incident.”

According to the reports cited by O’Brien, at least 30 people fell victim to the airstrikes that devastated two settlements, while over 80 people were injured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had reported those numbers earlier.

If the deliberate nature of the attack is proven, the incident will “amount to a war crime,” the UN official added.

US State Department spokesman Mark Toner refused to immediately lay the blame for the attack on any party, including the Syrian armed forces, citing a lack of details concerning the incident. “We [US] don’t have eyes on the ground,” he stressed.

“We’ve seen early claims that this was a regime strike, but we just want to be absolutely sure before we level blame at somebody,” he told journalists at a press briefing on Thursday.

A video allegedly depicting the deserted Kamounia camp after the airstrike was posted on YouTube by the Syria Civil Defense group, which describes itself as a non-political humanitarian organization. The footage shows firefighters attempting to stifle a blaze with debris strewn around the camp, while sheet-covered bodies were being carried to an ambulance.

WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE

According to the group’s estimates, more than 30 people lost their lives in the bombing.

While there is no conclusive information on the perpetrator of the attack, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond immediately rushed to blame the bombing on the Syrian government.

“The Assad regime’s contempt for efforts to restore the cessation of hostilities in Syria is clear for all to see,” he said in a statement, while describing the reports pertaining to the attack as “horrifying.”

The attack comes just a day after at least 12 people were killed and 45 injured in suicide blasts in the Syrian city of Homs.

Moscow and Washington confirmed on Wednesday that they had brokered a 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo, which has been the scene of heavy fighting recently. The deal came into force on May 3 and should have been observed until 12 am on May 6.

READ MORE: 'US spending millions on 'Aleppo is burning' PR campaign to create no bombing zone'

http://www.rt.com/news/342016-aleppo-refugee-camp-attack/
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and this happened during their "cease fire"?

no surprise here,considering what the Elder Assad did to his Opponents,Hama comes to mind.