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Syria slams US coalition for destruction of bridges in east

BEIRUT- The Syrian government on Thursday criticised the US-led coalition fighting ISIS for destroying two bridges on the Euphrates river this week in areas the jihadists hold in the east of the country.

 

Monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said warplanes most probably from the coalition hit the two bridges in Deir al-Zor province on Tuesday and Wednesday, making them unusable.

 

The attacks "confirm the so-called international coalition's intent to bomb and destroy Syrian infrastructure and economic and social establishments through repeated aggressive acts," state TV quoted the foreign ministry as saying.

 

Syria's ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja'afari said the bridges had been used by hundreds of thousands of civilians.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.29.16, 22:18