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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Rachel Hagan

Russia and Syria complicit in carrying out dozens of brutal illegal strikes, says report

The Russian and Syrian governments are complicit in carrying out dozens of “double-tap” airstrikes in Syria since 2013, according to new findings by a rights group.

The controversial tactic of a double-tap strike is when warplanes attack a site and then return to strike the same area again as people are being rescued from the rubble.

A new report published on Thursday by the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) has identified 58 double-tap attacks targeting residential areas between 2013 and 2021.

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