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Three killed, seven injured in missile attacks on Syria's Azaz: White Helmets

Three killed, seven injured in missile attacks on Syria's Azaz: White Helmets
The missiles were fired from regime and SDF-controlled areas after an explosion occurred in the centre of Azaz which also injured 4 civilians.
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16 February, 2022
The war in Syria has killed more than 500,000 civilians since it began in 2011 [Getty]

MissileÌýattacksÌýkilledÌýthree civilians and injuredÌýseven others inÌýÌýon Tuesday, according to the ,Ìýotherwise known as the White Helmets.

The missiles were fired from regime and Kurdish-led -controlled areas into residential neighbourhoods in opposition-held Azaz, a city north of Aleppo, where one child was injured,Ìýthe humanitarian response groupÌý.Ìý

"These repeated targeting of cities and towns in northwestern Syria are a clear violation of international and humanitarian law...Ìýwhile the international community fails to hold the perpetrators of these terrorist attacks accountable... civilians remain under direct targeting that threatens their lives," the White Helmets .

The missiles,Ìýwhich damaged a "large number of public and private properties",Ìýreportedly targeted a public park in theÌýcentreÌýof Azaz,Ìýwhich was crowded with children and women.

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TheÌýattack came hours after an explosion in the centre of AzazÌýinjured 4 civilians,Ìýincluding threeÌýchildren, according to the White Helmets.

Since the beginning of the year, the White Helmets say they have responded to more than 85 air and artillery attacks in the country, which have killed 37 and wounded 80 civilians.

Last October, the humanitarian response team of their founding in Idlib, where they paid tribute to theirÌý292 volunteers who had died as a result of direct targeting or strikes by Syrian regime and Russian forces.

The has killed over 500,000 civilians since it began in 2011, when SyrianÌýPresident Bashar al-Assad .

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