The Future of the Middle-East is Being Decided in Raqqa and in Mosul
Syria: "Trump feeds military escalation"...
The US attacks a Syrian air base
According to Moscow, Damascus bombed a...
The United States in Total Support of the Turkish Offensive
The Fate of Syria will be Decided in Aleppo
In the Land of Sham, a Dramatic International Bargaining Session
Words From Calvary, From the Devastated Quarters of Alep
Erdogan & His Saudi Allies Play Pyromaniac Firefighters In Syria
Syrian Army on the Offensive, the "Islamic State" in Retreat
Hosham Dawod On DAESH
And the Syrian People?
The Murder of Gauri Lankesh
On Behalf of the Major Interests of the Haitian People
How China Lobby Shaped America
Moving forward to a red sky -my friend Bulu Roy Chowdhury
Knowledge is power !? Or why Bulgarian Gate never happened
With Emmanuel Macron as President, What to Expect?
The "American Coalition" Attacks Neighborhoods in Raqqa with Internationally Prohibited White Phosphorus Bombs
# France. What is next?
The Möbius strip. What do the enemies of the Republic fear?
We fully support China’s demands of safety for Chinese nationals in France
About "China’s two sessions to highlight Xi’s thoughts"
Remembering the Reformer
ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: La « Coalition américaine » attaque aux bombes au phosphore blanc prohibées internationalement les quartiers à Raqqa
by Razane / A. Chatta (SANA)
The "American Coalition" Attacks Neighborhoods in Raqqa with Internationally Prohibited White Phosphorus Bombs
Translated Saturday 10 June 2017, by
From Raqqa:
Activists using social media have affirmed that combat aircraft of the ``International Coalition’’, led by the United States, have carried out, during the last 24 hours [1], 25 raids on sections of the city of Raqqa, and have used, in many of these raids, white phosphorus bombs, munitions that are internationally prohibited.
Information from identified civilian and media sources assures SANA [2] that the raids targeted zones in the west of the city of Raqqa, and also the neighborhoods of Sabahi, where there were 17 victims, including 12 killed in a raid on a cybercafe in the Jazara zone, situated near the Euphrates River.
See this related article, with photo of such munitions, from the Washington Post
(Caption from the Washington Post article)
U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit carry 155mm rounds to an M777 Howitzer gun line in preparation for fire missions in northern Syria. The sea-foam green rounds on the truck are white phosphorus munitions. (Photo courtesy Lance Cpl. Zachery Laning, U.S. Marine Corps)
