Syria conflict: Barrel bombs
show brutality of war"The Syrian government's use of these types of munitions against its own population in rebel-held areas is a measure of the brutality of the conflict."
No, it's a measure of the brutality of the Syrian government. The rebels don't have an airforce, and their attacks on civilians have been few and abhorred by other rebels, while attacks on civilians have been the Syrian government's m.o. This is one reason it is idiocy to suppose that rebels might have carried out the chemical attack in August, offensive idiocy to those Syrians at the sharp end of their government's terror.