Syria/Iraq update 4/25/2019..Amnesty Finds U.S.-Led Coalition Killed More Than 1,600 Syrian Civilians

Rights groups release report into Raqqa deaths

A “Death Trap” in Raqqa: Amnesty Finds U.S.-Led Coalition Killed More Than 1,600 Syrian Civilians

U.S. airstrikes on Syria “wiped out” entire families, says Amnesty war crimes investigator

Anti-IS Coalition Strikes Killed 1,600 Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa

citizens in the villages(Al Safira Tahtani) of Deir Ez-Zour expelled a patrol of the US-backed militia ..

Deir Ez – Zour Popular demonstrations against the “militia of QSD” extend to the villages of Al-Ezba and Al-Basira Demonstrations in the northern suburb of Deir Ez-Zour against Kurdish militias. Watch video from Deir Ezzor countryside A Video circulated on social media about the citizens in the villages(Al Safira Tahtani) of Deir Ez-Zour expelled a patrol of the US-backed militia .. After that the patrol tried to disperse the demonstrations that came out in a number of towns condemning the presence of “SDF” in the region and practices there… Also SDF reportedly detained Shaykh Muhammad Abdurrazaq Al Tayy, leader of Al Tayy tribe,one of the largest tribes of Eastern Syria and a Member of the Syrian Parliament. Al Tayy are known for their support of the Syrian government.

Russia, Iran, Turkey discuss post-war scenario in Syria talks

Kazakhstan: ‘Strikes will continue’ – Russia’s Syria envoy on defeating ‘terrorists’ in Idlib

Russian Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev said that strikes against “terrorists” in Idlib will continue, speaking in Nur-Sultan on Thursday on the sidelines of the intra-Syrian peace talks. “Verified operations and strikes will continue. But we put the safety of civilians at the forefront,” he explained.

Lavrentiev stressed that the air raids “are conducted only for the purpose of destroying terrorist groups, these are actions against militants, against terrorists who are holed up there.”

The envoy went on praising the Astana format Syrian talks. “It is delightful that all participants of the Astana format are positive and are doing everything possible to provide all necessary assistance in such complex issue as the settlement of the Syrian conflict,” concluded Lavretiev.

The two-day Syrian talks are attended by representatives of the Syrian government, Syrian opposition, and the Syrian ceasefire guarantor countries, as well as observers from the UN and Jordan.

Russian Air Force airstrikes on terrorists of HTS located between Ma’arat al Artiq and Kafr Hamra villages of Aleppo province,

Farsnews Syria in Past 24 Hours

Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) terrorists and pro-militant White Helmets terrorists have fully prepared to launch false-flag chemical attack in Idlib Province.

Idlib

Tahrir al-Sham and other terrorist groups have coordinated with the White Helmets in Jorjnaz town in Ma’arat al-Numan region in Southern Idlib, the Arabic-language al-Mayadeen TV network quoted local sources in Idlib as saying.

The sources pointed to the terrorists’ attempt to launch false-flag chemical attacks in Idlib at the order of their foreign sponsors, and said that the terrorists intend to use chlorine gas against civilians, including children who have been kidnapped from different regions of Idlib in recent years.

The terrorists plan to provide a pretext for attacks on Syria by the US-led coalition by carrying out false chemical attacks.

Also in the past 24 hours, a large number of terrorists were killed and injured in a massive explosion at the headquarters of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay’at in West of Idlib province, sources said.

A bomb-laden vehicle was exploded in the city of Jisr al-Shoghour in Western Idlib, killing and injuring at least 40 terrorists, pro-militant sources said.

The sources said that at least 15 militants were killed and 27 others wounded, including a number of terrorists.

Meantime, the Arabic-language al-Mayadeen TV network reported that the blast took place in at Tahrir al-Sham’s regional headquarters.

Homs

The US Army has turned the Rukban into a prison and prevents people from leaving the refugee camp and it demonstrates that the US government is violating the international laws, Syrian Deputy Defense Minister said during a conference on international security in Moscow.

He added that Damascus is against Washington intention to leave some of its troops in Syria and will consider it as aggression, RIA Novosti reported.

The Rukban refugee camp is part of the US-controlled zone around its base in al-Tanf.

Russia and Syria have repeatedly tried to draw the attention of the international community to the deplorable conditions at the camp, which houses more than 40,000 internally displaced people, mostly women and children.

Quneitra

The Syrian Army discovered a cache of arms and military equipment, including the US, Israeli and western weapons, during cleansing operations South of Quneitra province.

The Syrian Army’s engineering units discovered depots packed with weapons and military equipment, some of them made in the US and Israel, left behind by terrorists in several towns and villages in Southern Quneitra.

A military source, meantime, said that the Syrian Army troops found different machineguns, anti-tank missiles, state-of-the-art telecommunications systems, West-made mines, satellite equipment and different kind of Saudi manufactured drugs and medicine.

Deir Ezzur

The Syrian Army warded off an attack by the ISIL terrorists on a strategic road near the border with Iraq after the US plot to take control of strategic cities in Eastern Deir Ezzur were exposed.

The Syrian Army units engaged in fierce clashes with the ISIL terrorists in Sayyal town along Deir Ezzur-Bukamal road in Eastern Deir Ezzur, the Arabic-language website of Russian Sputnik news agency quoted a Syrian Army military source as saying.

The source pointed to fending off the ISIL’s attack and inflicting heavy losses on them, and rejected the news reports that Deir Ezzur Airport has came under attack.

Meantime, ISIL’s attacks on the Syrian Army military positions near Bukamal border road have intensified after the US disclosed its plan to occupy the strategic regions of Al-Mayadeen and Bukamal cities and cut off Bukamal border crossing.