Barrel bombings emerge as new tactic in Syrian civil war

By Liz Sly, Published: February 15 E-mail the writer

(Liz Sly/ The Washington Post ) - Carpenter Abu Hussein, 40, fled the devastating barrel bombing campaign in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

KILIS, Turkey — The Syrians who reach this Turkish border town after escaping the northern city of Aleppo bring stories of horror about exploding barrels that fall from the sky.

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