Syria Barrel Bomb Attacks

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  'Daddy, Pick Me Up!' Screams Boy After His Legs Blow Off In Syria Attack

  In the aftermath of a barrel bomb attack in Syria's Idlib, nine-year-old Abdel Basset Al-Satuf tries to sit up, his legs blown off, and screams "Daddy, pick me up!" Abdel Basset was caught in a barrel bomb attack by regime forces on Thursday in the town of Al-Hbeit, in northwest Idlib province.

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  Bomb, Rockets Kill 19 Civilians in Syria's Aleppo: Report

  At least 19 civilians, including five children, were killed by a Syrian regime barrel bomb attack and rebel rocket fire in Aleppo, a monitoring group said today.

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  Syria Barrel Bomb Attacks 'Unacceptable': UN Envoy

  The UN's peace envoy to Syria said today he would visit Damascus soon and renewed his criticism of the use of barrel bombs by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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  Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 33, Including Children: Monitor

  At least 33 people, including 10 children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said.

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  Syria Regime Barrel Bombs Kill 24, Including Children: Reports

  At least 24 people, including eight children, were killed in government barrel bomb attacks in northern Syria today, a monitoring group said.

• Syrian Regime Rains Barrel Bombs on Aleppo

  Syrian forces rained barrels bombs on Aleppo on Thursday, as they pressed a campaign against rebels in the northern city where dozens have been killed this week, a monitor said.

• UN must block flow of arms to Syria: Human Rights Watch

  An international rights group called on Tuesday for the UN Security Council to block the flow of weapons to Syria's regime, which it said was launching indiscriminate attacks with "barrel bombs".

• Syrian forces kill 83 in barrel bomb attacks in Aleppo

  Syrian military helicopters dropped more improvised "barrel bombs" on the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, a monitoring group said, bringing the death toll to at least 83 people in the latest episode of a campaign many consider a war crime.

• Brent rises to near $111 on supply worries, economy revival hopes

  A plunge in oil exports from Iraq due to bad weather, a bomb attack on the convoy of its finance minister, escalating attacks in Syria and an exercise by Iran's navy in the strategic Strait of Hormuz have all revived supply fears. That has helped the market recoup some of the previous session's losses due to large shipments of European gasoline to ...