At least 10 civilians killed and 30 injured in Nairab camp

At least 10 civilians killed and 30 injured in Nairab camp

May 18 2019

ARK News: The United Nations said in a statement that at least 10 civilians were killed and 30 wounded during a rocket attack on the Palestinian refugee camp near the Syrian city of Aleppo on Tuesday evening.

“While the families were meeting for breakfast during the month of Ramadan, several rockets struck the densely populated Nairab refugee camp in Aleppo”, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said in a statement.

The statement added that among the dead were four children, the youngest of whom was 6 years old, and the number of injured remained in critical condition.

According to the SANA news agency, the terrorist organizations deployed in the western suburbs of Aleppo and the Southwest attacked four houses in Nairab refugee camp, southeast of the city, killing and injuring a number of civilians and damaging houses and property.

Whereas opposition sources said the pro-regime Iranian militias were responsible for bombing the camp, which is controlled by Russia-backed Jerusalem Brigade. The bombing comes in the context of the ongoing competition and conflict between the Russian and Iranian militias in Aleppo.

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