The Assad regime has turned Mount Qasyoun into a factory for the production of barrel bombs – media

“The ousted Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad used Mount Qasyoun, located near the city of Damascus, as a production site for the barrel bombs that killed thousands of civilians during the Syrian civil war.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua

The ousted Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad used Mount Qasyoun, located near the city of Damascus, as a production site for the barrel bombs that killed thousands of civilians during the Syrian civil war.

Source: Turkish broadcaster TRT Haber

Literally: “The ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad has turned the off-limits Mount Qasyoun into a factory for the barrel bombs that have caused mass killings during the Syrian civil war.”

Details: The publication notes that barrel bombs are made by filling metal barrels with explosives, scrap metal, nails and nuts.

Photo: TRT Haber

Literally: “They are known for their low production cost, but significant destructive effect. When dropping such bombs from a height, the affected area can reach 50-200 square meters, depending on the amount of explosives.”

Details: According to a report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), between July 2012 and April 2021, Assad regime forces used barrel bombs at least 81,916 times in attacks on civilian settlements. As a result of these strikes, 11,087 civilians died, including 1,821 children and 1,780 women.

The provinces of Damascus, Aleppo, Deraa and Idlib were the most affected by barrel bombs. The highest number of human casualties was recorded in Aleppo.

Prehistory:

• Human rights activists have found a mass grave near the Syrian capital of Damascus that contains the bodies of at least 100,000 people who died during the rule of former President Bashar al-Assad. The bodies of the murdered citizens who opposed Assad’s policies were taken from military hospitals, where they ended up after torture, to mass burial sites by order of the Syrian special services.
• The Assad regime held power in Syria for 53 years and collapsed after a 12-day offensive by rebels led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or the Levant Liberation Organization, ended on December 8 with the capture of the country’s capital, Damascus.
• The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to establish all necessary contacts with representatives of the people of Syria and to correct Assad’s mistakes.