Violence is still raging 13 years after the outbreak of Syria’s civil war. Now government forces have ramped up armed drone attacks on farmers in rebel-held areas — threatening lives, food supply and any sense of hope.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/DtLpe
I didn’t click on all the links during my reading, but is there anywhere that states what evidence that the Syrian government is culprit? The article is very clear the drones are not special, they’re just moderately sized quad copter style that you can find anywhere now, so, what’s the link to the Syrian government?
Is this the “chemical weapon attacks” all over again?
Also… really don’t like the use of “suicide” in this context. Its a munition, missiles aren’t considered “suicide” missiles when they guide themselves to their target. Bombs that can correct their path to their target aren’t considered “suicide” bombs.
Nothing is suiciding, the operator of the drone doesn’t die when they blow up their drone.
They use Syria Civil Defence humanitarian organisation reporting as primary source to link the government to the drone attacks.
hmmm… “The White Helmets”? That’s a big yikes from me.
Americans haven’t been told by CNN to be outraged so they have ignored this one completely
suicide drone? why are we using this term. call it loitering munition, this has nothing to do with suicide and only serves to sensationalize the title by drawing unconcious parallels to other “suicide” violence methods.
(please tell me if and how i am wrong by commenting, this is my first time encountering this term)
You’re completely right, but media is driven by clicks, and they would rather have the creators of W40k name everything to maximize viewership.
