Al-Nusra Front carried out attack on Syria displaced camp: Russia
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The photo shows destruction following an attack on a camp for displaced people near the town of Sarmada in Syria's Idblib Province, May 5, 2016. (AFP)
Russia’s Defense Ministry has accused the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front terror group of carrying out a recent deadly attack on a camp for internally displaced persons in northwestern Syria.
According to Press TV, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday "Judging by the damage shown in photographs and video, the camp may have been shelled either on purpose or by mistake by multiple rocket launchers, which are currently being used very actively in this area by terrorists from al-Nusra."
Konashenkov also said that no Russian or other warplanes were flying over the Kamuna camp near the Syrian town of Sarmada in Idlib Province at the time of the Thursday attack.
"We have attentively studied the information from the air space monitoring data in this area for May 4 and 5, 2016. There were no flights by Russian or any other aircraft over Sarmada," Konashenkov noted.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 28 civilians, including women and children, lost their lives and 50 others sustained injuries in the raid.
Earlier on Friday, the Syrian military dismissed allegations that its jets had carried out the strike.
Idlib is controlled by the al-Nusra Front and its terrorist allies. The makeshift camp, located close to Turkey’s border, is home to nearly 2,000 displaced people.
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