Toll in Russia raids on Qaeda-run Syria jail rises to 81: monitor

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[Trumpinator]

Toll in Russia raids on Qaeda-run Syria jail rises to 81: monitor

AFP

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Beirut (AFP) - At least 81 people, including 23 Al-Qaeda fighters, were killed in Russian strikes on a prison complex run by the jihadist group in Syria's northwest, a monitor said Sunday in a new toll.

The strikes on Saturday targeted an Al-Nusra Front building near a popular market in northwestern Idlib province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The complex in Maarat Al-Numan housed the group's religious court and a jail.

The dead included 23 Al-Nusra fighters and six non-jihadist rebels who were in the building.

Another 52 people -- including civilians and prisoners in the complex -- were also killed.

At least one child and two women were among the civilians killed in the strikes.

Russian warplanes have been conducting air strikes against the Islamic State organisation and "other terrorist groups" in Syria since September 30.

[Krosan]

Well, prison is a strange target for a bomb. Of course you get the guards, but also the people who al-Qaeda threw into that prison and being their prisoner is certainly not a strike against you.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Well, prison is a strange target for a bomb. Of course you get the guards, but also the people who al-Qaeda threw into that prison and being their prisoner is certainly not a strike against you.

You're right, but I'm not under the impression that the russkies give a damn about who they hit - friend or foe - and I don't think al queda bothers with prisons, they just cut off your head.