Nice that you joined Thursday. Tagging is just a routine.
We are not at the front and have to depend on creditable sources :
Russian airstrikes 'using deadly white phosphorus on civilian areas in Syria' - Mirror Online
The chemical weapon is banned under the Geneva Convention, because it is highly toxic and can burn through flesh and bone.
White phosphorus, an incendiary also known as WP, is used by armies to illuminate targets during the night or as a smokescreen during the day.
On November 13, witnesses in the opposition-controlled northwest Syrian city of Idlib, told The Times that dozens of civilians suffered ‘horrific injuries’ following two phosphorous attacks.
‘We knew it was phosphorous because the entire sky lit up and when it settled it set everything on fire,’ said Ahmed, an activist based in Idlib.
He added that the two villages that were targeted were full of civilians, and were at least 40 miles from the nearest military posts.
Absorption of the chemical can cause heart, liver and kidney damage and, in severe cases, death.
The Geneva Convention defines ‘incendiary weapons’ as ‘primarily designed to set fire to objects or to cause burn injury to persons through the action of flame, heat, or combination thereof, produced by a chemical reaction of a substance delivered on the target’.
Government forces aren't Russia or the Russian military. I didn't realize we were talking about the Syrian military or its associated units. Please let me known the next time you change the subject.
Hope you are not defense lawyer of Putin
U.S. officials have confirmed the Russian use of cluster munitions against populated locations in Hama and Idlib Provinces. Open source reporting indicates the use of cluster munitions in Aleppo Province as well.
Russian airstrikes have reportedly killed over 254 civilians from September 30 – October 26 alone, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights. Russian airstrikes reportedly targeted at least
12 medical facilities throughout Syria, according to statements from Doctors Without Borders on October 29.
Local sources also reported the use of white phosphorus during Russian airstrikes in Idlib Province on November 12. Russia’s violent intervention is already driving the unification of rebels under powerful jihadist and hardline elements of the armed opposition.
Russian Airstrikes in Syria: November 4 - November 15, 2015 | Institute for the Study of War
General Jack Keane (U.S. Army, Ret.), the Chairman of ISW’s board