Syrian government forces have uncovered a mass grave containing the bodies of more than 1,500 people killed when the US-led coalition carried out airstrikes against Syria’s northern province of Raqqa.
The coalition was purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
Head of Raqqah Medical Association, Jamal al-Isa, told the pro-government and Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper that the discovery was made in the Panorama district of the city, located about 455 kilometers (283 miles) northeast of the capital Damascus.
“Every day, more crimes are being uncovered which were perpetrated by the Daesh terrorist group and the illegal US-led military alliance in Raqqa,” Isa added.
He noted that the US-led coalition conducted blind bombardment on the northwestern Syrian city after Daesh terrorists withdrew, and destroyed 85 percent of it.
Speaking at the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City on October 26, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Ja’afari had alleged that the US-led coalition “is targeting anything in Syria but not terror groups.”
The US-led coalition has been conducting airstrikes against what are said to be Daesh targets inside Syria since September 2014 without any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.
The military alliance has repeatedly been accused of targeting and killing civilians. It has also been largely incapable of achieving its declared goal of destroying Daesh.
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