18 premature babies die in Syrian hospital

Share:

Eighteen premature babies in incubators were said to have died after their hospital was hit by electricity cuts in turbulent Syrian city of Homs, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

State TV, however, denied the reports and said Homs hospitals were operating normally.

According to some local residents, Homs city came under renewed bombardment, the heaviest so far, on the fifth day on Wednesday.

Rockets and mortars were raining down on Homs for a fifth consecutive day Wednesday with at least 100 civilians killed in what has become the bloodiest 24 hours yet, the Daily Mail reported citing the report.

President Bashar Al-Assad continued his crackdown against anti-regime opposition — with activists saying security forces killed three innocent families in their homes.

The attacks came despite Assad promising Russia to put an end to the violence. On Sunday, Russia and China had saved Damascus from UN Security Council action with their veto.

They followed British Prime Minister David Cameron’s approval Tuesday of plans designed to force Assad to quit and prompting China to say Foreign Minister William Hague’s criticism of Beijing’s veto was “extremely irresponsible”.

Pro-Assad militiamen shot dead at least 20 civilians in Homs when they stormed their homes on the outskirts of opposition areas overnight. The unarmed victims were a family of five, one of seven and one of eight, the report said.

DNA

Share:

Comments

  1. Disgusting, If you do not string these guys up,I just dont know..

  2. Disgusting, If you do not string these guys up,I just dont know..

  3. wargame1 Avatar

    I hope and pray that the Free Syrian army get some better Arms to continue. They were doing good and drove Assad force from many towns but the current situation is very different and difficult to counter. Assad is pounding rockets from miles away and this type of shelling cant weaken the Free Syrian Army but the civilians will die mostly. Now I dont know what the Free Syrian Army will do in this situation. If they have rocket(They dont have) and shoot them towards Assad military then the same civilian death will be the result. There is a news that 15000 Iranian Mullah guards are now operating in Syria. Iran denied the charge though. Well just writing something and hoping to hear something positive.  

  4. wargame1 Avatar

    I hope and pray that the Free Syrian army get some better Arms to continue. They were doing good and drove Assad force from many towns but the current situation is very different and difficult to counter. Assad is pounding rockets from miles away and this type of shelling cant weaken the Free Syrian Army but the civilians will die mostly. Now I dont know what the Free Syrian Army will do in this situation. If they have rocket(They dont have) and shoot them towards Assad military then the same civilian death will be the result. There is a news that 15000 Iranian Mullah guards are now operating in Syria. Iran denied the charge though. Well just writing something and hoping to hear something positive.  

  5.  Avatar

    I hope and pray that the Free Syrian army get some better Arms to continue. They were doing good and drove Assad force from many towns but the current situation is very different and difficult to counter. Assad is pounding rockets from miles away and this type of shelling cant weaken the Free Syrian Army but the civilians will die mostly. Now I dont know what the Free Syrian Army will do in this situation. If they have rocket(They dont have) and shoot them towards Assad military then the same civilian death will be the result. There is a news that 15000 Iranian Mullah guards are now operating in Syria. Iran denied the charge though. Well just writing something and hoping to hear something positive.  

  6. 5thDrawer Avatar

    “….  denied the reports and said Homs hospitals were operating normally.”
    Normal being death camps for anyone thought to have said anything against the regime. Pulling plugs on incubators wouldn’t be beyond them.

  7.  Avatar

    “….  denied the reports and said Homs hospitals were operating normally.”
    Normal being death camps for anyone thought to have said anything against the regime. Pulling plugs on incubators wouldn’t be beyond them.

Leave a Reply