Amnesty: Russian bombing of Syria may be a war crime

A frame grab taken from footage released by Russia's Defence Ministry November 23, 2015, shows air strikes carried out by Russia's air force hitting objects, which, according to the ministry, are controlled by the Islamic State militants, at an unknown location in Syria.
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Russia's bombing of Syria may amount to a war crime because of the number of civilians its strikes have killed, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, presenting what it said was evidence that the air raids had violated humanitarian law.

Source: Reuters