{"id":4647,"date":"2017-08-26T06:46:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T06:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4647-us-killing-of-raqqah-civilians-flagrant-violation-of-international-law-syria\/"},"modified":"2017-08-26T06:46:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T06:46:05","slug":"us-killing-of-raqqah-civilians-flagrant-violation-of-international-law-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4647-us-killing-of-raqqah-civilians-flagrant-violation-of-international-law-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"US killing of Raqqah civilians flagrant violation of international law: Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Syria has called on the United Nations to halt the US-led coalition\u2019s continued targeting of civilians during their operations in Raqqah.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Syria has called on the United Nations to halt the US-led coalition\u2019s continued targeting of civilians during their operations in Raqqah.<\/h4>\n<h4>On Wednesday, the Syrian Foreign Ministry sent two letters to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the chairman of the UN Security Council condemning the US-led coalition for committing war crimes and its operations in Syria.<\/h4>\n<h4>The letters were written a day after the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that since the beginning of the week, over 170 civilians, mainly women and children, had been killed in US-airstrikes in Raqqah, and that the toll was the highest since operations to liberate Raqqah began.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThe government of the Syrian Arab Republic calls on the Security Council to implement its resolutions on the fight against terrorism, especially Resolution 2253, and to immediately stop the crimes by the coalition against innocent civilians in Syria,\u201d added the letters.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria has called on the United Nations to halt the US-led coalition\u2019s continued targeting of civilians during their operations in Raqqah. \u00a0 Syria has called on the United Nations to halt the US-led coalition\u2019s continued targeting of civilians during their operations in Raqqah. 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