US-led coalition hits Syrian army camp killing three soldiers in act of 'flagrant aggression', ministry says


The Syrian government says that four warplanes from the US-led coalition targeted a Syrian army camp in Deir al-Zor province, killing three soldiers and wounding 13 more.

Syria has labelled the incident an act of "flagrant aggression".

"The Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemns this flagrant aggression by the US-led coalition forces, which blatantly violates the objectives of the UN charter," the foreign ministry said in a letter to the UN Security Council and secretary general.

The jets fired nine missiles at the camp — located two kilometres from an IS stronghold — on Sunday evening, Syria's foreign ministry said in a statement shown on state television.

"The Syrian foreign ministry demands the UN Security Council act immediately in the face of this aggression and take appropriate measures to prevent its recurrence," the letter added.

It is the first publicly declared incident of its type since the United States and allied countries began bombing Islamic State in Syria more than a year ago.

The US-led coalition has denied its planes hit a Syrian army target.

"We've seen those Syrian reports but we did not conduct any strikes in that part of Deir al-Zor yesterday. So we see no evidence," coalition spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said.

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He said the coalition's only strikes in Deir al-Zor on Sunday were some 55 kilometres south-east of the area where the troops were allegedly killed, near the town of Ayyash.

"We struck 55 kilometres away from the area that the Syrians say was struck. That was the only area in Deir al-Zor we struck yesterday," he told AFP.

However, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a Britain-based monitor, also reported the strikes, saying four troops had been killed and 13 wounded.

SOHR said it was the first time a US-led coalition strike had killed Syrian government troops.

The statement from Syria's foreign ministry came only hours after president Bashar al-Assad slammed Britain's joining the coalition, calling it harmful and illegal.

"It will be harmful and illegal and it will support terrorism as happened after the coalition started its operation a year or so [ago]," Mr Assad said.

Last week, British MPs voted to join the air strikes in Syria for the first time.

The Syrian government has regularly criticised the US-led strikes as ineffective and illegal because they are not coordinated with regime forces, and the ministry said the Deir al-Zor incident was further evidence of the coalition's failings.

"The US coalition lacks the seriousness and credibility to effectively combat terrorism," the ministry said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-07/syrian-government-says-us-led-coalition-hi...

Oh here we go, another apology from the greens.

What are you talking about.

The coalition, which Australia is a part of, seems to be attacking non IS troops in Syria.


And you start attacking the messenger. How desperate are you?

The Greens are Australias ISIS propaganda arm.

____ wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 7:56am:


Its

Innocent people will die, that's why we don't use war to solve our problems.. Also here is a question for you..

What were these civilians doing so close to ISIS troops? the likely answer is that they are isis supporters helping isis in their war effects in stoning the poor, sick, the gays and everyone else who refuse to follow radical islam.

innocentbystander. wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 8:04am:



More attacking the messenger so to try and divert attention from the thread. What are you ashamed of?

sir prince duke alevine wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 8:07am:



The Article is a good starting point.

Now where is your evidence. And this time, don't answer with another question.

____ wrote on Dec 8^th, 2015 at 8:09am:

The article is NOT evidence, it's innuendo.  And my evidence is i wouldnt trust anythimg from the syrian government.  If the syrian human rights watch can confirm it was an alliance attack then ill believe it. 

This is the problem with the greens, they dont understand how to process information and jump to conclusions for political purposes.