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Air Strikes on Syria's Aleppo Kill 18 Civilians
[AnNahar] Air strikes on rebel-held neighborhoods in Syria's second city Aleppo on Friday killed at least 18 civilians and maimed more than a dozen, the local civil defense told AFP.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime warplanes carried out the air strikes and gave a toll of 19 dead, up from its earlier toll of 10. An AFP correspondent in the opposition-held eastern part of the city said several districts were targeted and that the wail of ambulances could be heard throughout the morning. Seven non-combatants were killed and 10 maimed in Bustan al-Qasr, a civil defense member said, and four were killed in Al-Mashad. The strikes killed five civilians in the opposition-held Salhin district and two more in other neighborhoods. In Bustan al-Qasr, one of Aleppo's most heavily populated neighborhoods, a strike hit a five-storey apartment building, shearing off part of an entire floor. The Britannia-based Observatory said a total of 14 air strikes had targeted Bustan al-Qasr and other Aleppo neighborhoods. It said they killed 19 people and maimed dozens more. "The number of deaders is expected to rise because many of those maimed are at death's door," said the monitor, which relies on a network of sources inside Syria for its reports. Once Syria's commercial hub, Aleppo has been divided between rebel control in the east and government forces in the west since 2012. Nearly all warring parties in Syria -- the regime, rebels, jihadists and Kurds -- have carved out zones of control in war-torn Aleppo province. A ceasefire took effect in Syria at the end of February, but the country has been rocked by fighting in recent weeks, particularly around Aleppo. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-04-23 |
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