人權觀察敦促敘利亞軍隊停止導彈襲擊
Human Rights Watch is calling on Syrian forces to end what it calls the indiscriminate use of ballistic missiles in populated areas.
The U.S.-based group said Monday it has investigated nine apparent ballistic missile attacks this year that killed 215 civilians, mainly in the city of Aleppo and its surrounding province.
Aleppo is Syria's largest city, and has been among the key fronts in the civil war between President Bashar al-Assad and rebels trying to push him from power.
Human Rights Watch said there were no apparent military targets near where seven of the attacks took place, causing significant civilian damage with no apparent military advantage.
It criticized the use of ballistic weapons, saying even if there are fighters in a given area, the weapons cannot accurately target them. The result, the group says, has been "devastating" to civilians.人權觀察組織敦促敘利亞軍隊停止任意向居民區發射彈道導彈。
總部設在美國的人權觀察星期一說，該組織今年對9次疑似彈道導彈襲擊進行了調查，這些襲擊造成215名平民死亡，主要發生在阿勒頗市及周邊地區。
阿勒頗是敘利亞最大城市，同時也是阿薩德總統的政府軍與致力於推翻阿薩德的反政府組織進行內戰的主要前沿地區之一。
人權觀察說，在上述導彈襲擊中，有7次並未針對顯著的軍事目標，對平民造成了重大損失，看來卻沒有取得軍事上的進展。
人權觀察指責使用彈道導彈的做法，表示即使有戰鬥人員在該地區活動，彈道導彈也不可能準確地擊中他們，其結果是對平民造成極大破壞。
