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| Air raids kill at least 22 in Aleppo |
| 2013-12-16 |
| Syrian activists said government air raids have killed at least 22 people, including 14 children, in the northern city of Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the aircraft dropped barrel bombs on the Haidariya and Ard Al Hamra neighbourhoods on Sunday. The Observatory also said the number of people killed in the town of Adra northeast of Damascus after an al-Qaida-linked rebel faction attacked on Wednesday has risen to 28. Observatory director Rami Abdurrahman said the dead are primarily members of President Bashar AssadÂ’s minority Alawi sect, as well as a few Druse and Shias. All three sects largely support Assad in the fight against mainly Sunni rebels. |
| Posted by:Steve White |