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Syria conflict: Aleppo rocked by fresh fighting | Syria conflict: Aleppo rocked by fresh fighting |
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Deadly fighting has resumed in Syria's divided second city of Aleppo, after a brief lull overnight. | Deadly fighting has resumed in Syria's divided second city of Aleppo, after a brief lull overnight. |
State media say rebels shelled a mosque in the government-held district of Bab al-Faraj, killing eight people. | State media say rebels shelled a mosque in the government-held district of Bab al-Faraj, killing eight people. |
Rescue workers report that a clinic in rebel-held Marja was targeted in an air strike, the second medical facility to be hit in a week. | Rescue workers report that a clinic in rebel-held Marja was targeted in an air strike, the second medical facility to be hit in a week. |
The military meanwhile has announced a "regime of calm" will take effect elsewhere in Syria early on Saturday. | The military meanwhile has announced a "regime of calm" will take effect elsewhere in Syria early on Saturday. |
It will last, it says, for 24 hours in Damascus and the Eastern Ghouta region outside the capital, and for 72 hours in the northern countryside of Latakia province. | It will last, it says, for 24 hours in Damascus and the Eastern Ghouta region outside the capital, and for 72 hours in the northern countryside of Latakia province. |
The "regime of calm" is not explained nor is there any mention of Aleppo, where seven days of escalating violence has left more than 200 civilians dead. | The "regime of calm" is not explained nor is there any mention of Aleppo, where seven days of escalating violence has left more than 200 civilians dead. |
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, says one person was killed in Friday's air strikes on rebel-held Aleppo, while the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an opposition activist network, puts the death toll at three. | |
The Syrian Civil Defence, whose volunteer emergency response workers are known as the "White Helmets", say that among the sites targeted by government warplanes was a clinic in Marja that had provided dental services and treatment for chronic illnesses, AFP news agency reports. | The Syrian Civil Defence, whose volunteer emergency response workers are known as the "White Helmets", say that among the sites targeted by government warplanes was a clinic in Marja that had provided dental services and treatment for chronic illnesses, AFP news agency reports. |
Several people were wounded, including at least one nurse, it adds. | Several people were wounded, including at least one nurse, it adds. |
On Wednesday night, the al-Quds Hospital in the rebel-held Sukkari district was completely destroyed in air strikes that US Secretary of State John Kerry said appeared to have been "deliberate". | On Wednesday night, the al-Quds Hospital in the rebel-held Sukkari district was completely destroyed in air strikes that US Secretary of State John Kerry said appeared to have been "deliberate". |
The Free Aleppo Doctors Association said on Friday that at least 50 people, including five members of staff, had been killed. | The Free Aleppo Doctors Association said on Friday that at least 50 people, including five members of staff, had been killed. |
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the attack was "unacceptable" and warned that Aleppo was being "pushed further to the brink of humanitarian disaster". | The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the attack was "unacceptable" and warned that Aleppo was being "pushed further to the brink of humanitarian disaster". |
The LCC said it had documented a total of 73 deaths in rebel-held Aleppo on Thursday, most of them the result of air strikes. | The LCC said it had documented a total of 73 deaths in rebel-held Aleppo on Thursday, most of them the result of air strikes. |
Before Friday's mosque shelling, the official Sana news agency reported that at least 33 people had been killed in government-controlled areas in 24 hours. | Before Friday's mosque shelling, the official Sana news agency reported that at least 33 people had been killed in government-controlled areas in 24 hours. |
Aleppo has been one of the areas worst affected by the five years of war in Syria. | Aleppo has been one of the areas worst affected by the five years of war in Syria. |
Large parts of the city have been destroyed and its infrastructure has been severely damaged, leaving civilians without water and electricity for months. | Large parts of the city have been destroyed and its infrastructure has been severely damaged, leaving civilians without water and electricity for months. |
The ICRC said the escalating violence was putting millions, many of whom are displaced and living close to frontlines, at grave risk and without a chance of getting much-needed aid. | The ICRC said the escalating violence was putting millions, many of whom are displaced and living close to frontlines, at grave risk and without a chance of getting much-needed aid. |
In an interview with the BBC, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the warring parties to overcome their differences and work towards peace. | In an interview with the BBC, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on the warring parties to overcome their differences and work towards peace. |
Syrian leaders had to "go beyond their narrow personal perspectives" and call a halt to the destruction of their country, Mr Ban said. | Syrian leaders had to "go beyond their narrow personal perspectives" and call a halt to the destruction of their country, Mr Ban said. |
"How long are they going to fight? They are destroying their people and infrastructure. How will this be resolved?" | "How long are they going to fight? They are destroying their people and infrastructure. How will this be resolved?" |
In a reference to Europe's failure to cope with the influx of Syrian refugees, Mr Ban warned Syria's war had worrying implications worldwide for the protection of human rights and human lives. | In a reference to Europe's failure to cope with the influx of Syrian refugees, Mr Ban warned Syria's war had worrying implications worldwide for the protection of human rights and human lives. |
'Aleppo is burning': Regional media reaction | |
The latest reports from Aleppo have alarmed regional media outlets opposed to the Syrian regime, with fire being the image of choice. | |
"Aleppo is burning" reads a stark headline in the Saudi paper al-Riyadh, while an editorial in the Lebanese daily al-Mustaqbal accuses President Bashar al-Assad of "burning Syria while the whole world watches". | |
An Arabic hashtag translating as "Aleppo is burning" had been re-tweeted more than 180,000 times by Friday morning. | |
In Syria itself, Nasser Qandil, in pro-government al-Thawra, warns rebels in the city that a "war of all wars" will be unleashed on them in the coming weeks. | |
Many regional commentators fear the worst in Syria's second city, with London-based Arabic paper al-Sharq al-Awsat predicting a "war of annihilation" by government forces. | |
Meanwhile Maher Abu Tair, in Jordan's al-Dustur, criticises the wider Arab and Muslim world for "standing and watching the carnage", while Asaad Haider in al-Mustaqbal argues the "world cannot remain blind in the face of a catastrophe". |