UN demands probe of air strikes on Syria displaced camp

May 06, 2016 04:14

The United Nations' top aid official has demanded an immediate investigation into the killing of displaced civilians in a camp hit by air strikes in northern Syria, AFP reported.

"If this obscene attack is found to be a deliberate targeting of a civilian structure, it could amount to a war crime," said Stephen O'Brien, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs.

At least 28 civilians including women and children were killed in the air strikes at the camp near Sarmada in Idlib province, which is controlled by the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front and rebel allies.

"I am horrified and sickened by the news of civilians killed today by air strikes that hit two settlements where displaced people had sought sanctuary," O'Brien said in a statement.

Thousands of Syrians have fled fighting in the northern province over the last weeks, and camps for the displaced have been set up along the Turkish border.

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