WorldViews: Before-and-after satellite photos show destruction of Syrian neighborhoods

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WorldViews: Before-and-after satellite photos show destruction of Syrian neighborhoods

Entire neighborhoods in Syria have been demolished during the country's war. A new report by Human Rights Watch accuses the Syrian government of, in some cases, carrying out this destruction deliberately, which it says violates international laws of war. The organization says the Syrian government claims that buildings were knocked down with explosives and bulldozers for legitimate urban-planning purposes, but it notes that that the demolition often followed outbreaks of violence in those areas.

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