The war, now in its seventh month, has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities
Two hundred families trapped by IS in Syria: UN rights chief
Some 200 families are trapped in a shrinking area of Syria still controlled by Islamic State, whose forces are stopping some from fleeing, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday.
Published : 19 Feb 2019, 11:54 AM
Updated : 19 Feb 2019, 11:54 AM
“Many of them (also) ...continue to be subjected to intensified air and ground-based strikes by the US-led Coalition forces and their SDF allies on the ground,” Bachelet said in a statement.
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces attacking Islamic State have an obligation under international law to take all precautions to protect civilians who are mixed in with the foreign fighters, her spokesman Rupert Colville told a briefing.
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