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| The largest hospital in rebel-held Aleppo has been hit by at least two barrel bombs, according to a medical group working in Syria. | The largest hospital in rebel-held Aleppo has been hit by at least two barrel bombs, according to a medical group working in Syria. |
| At least 30 civilians were killed by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in air strikes across the city, activists told al-Jazeera. | |
| It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attacks on the M10 hospital, but medical facilities have been plagued by bombing by forces loyal to the Syrian government in recent weeks. | It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attacks on the M10 hospital, but medical facilities have been plagued by bombing by forces loyal to the Syrian government in recent weeks. |
| “Two barrel bombs hit the hospital and there were reports of a cluster bomb as well,” Adham Sahloul of the Syrian American Medical Society told news agency AFP. | |
| Both the M10 and M2 hospitals, which are codenamed to protect their locations, were also attacked on Wednesday. | Both the M10 and M2 hospitals, which are codenamed to protect their locations, were also attacked on Wednesday. |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes also hit a smaller field hospital in the Sakhur neighbourhood on Saturday. | |
| "One person was killed and the field hospital is out of service," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. | "One person was killed and the field hospital is out of service," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP. |
| He could not confirm whether the casualty was a patient or a member of medical staff. | He could not confirm whether the casualty was a patient or a member of medical staff. |
| Rights groups have said the hospital attacks are part of a deliberate strategy to target civilian infrastructure and therefore constitute war crimes. | Rights groups have said the hospital attacks are part of a deliberate strategy to target civilian infrastructure and therefore constitute war crimes. |
| The recent surge in attacks in Aleppo by forces loyal to Mr Assad have been among the most deadly in the country's five-year civil war. | |
| At least 220 people have died and many residential buildings have been razed to the ground by the attacks. | |
| A video posted on social media on Friday showed a traumatized toddler holding onto a nurse following an air strike in Aleppo. | |
| The beseiged old quarter of Aleppo was bombed heavily by Russian war planes as part of a major offensive on Saturday. | |
| Air strikes concentrated on supply lines to rebel-held areas: the Castello Road and Malah district, Reuters reported. | |
| Fighting raged in the Suleiman al-Halabi neighbourhood, the frontline to the north of Aleppo’s old city. | |
| On Wednesday the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, said Washington would no longer negotiate with Moscow – key allies of the Syrian regime – if it did not stop the bombardment. | On Wednesday the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, said Washington would no longer negotiate with Moscow – key allies of the Syrian regime – if it did not stop the bombardment. |