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Syria conflict: Air strike on Aleppo market 'kills 15' | Syria conflict: Air strike on Aleppo market 'kills 15' |
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At least 15 people, including children, have been killed in an air strike on a marketplace in a rebel-held part of the Syrian city of Aleppo, activists say. | At least 15 people, including children, have been killed in an air strike on a marketplace in a rebel-held part of the Syrian city of Aleppo, activists say. |
The strike was one of 25 in the rebel-held east on Wednesday that left a total of 25 people dead, they added. | |
Government forces, backed by Russian warplanes, launched an all-out assault to take control of Aleppo last month. | Government forces, backed by Russian warplanes, launched an all-out assault to take control of Aleppo last month. |
The US and Russia have announced that they will resume talks on Syria, which broke down earlier this month. | |
Washington broke off all negotiations with Moscow nine days ago amid extreme tension over the failure to secure a ceasefire. | |
But Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, will now meet his US counterpart, John Kerry, and other key regional powers in Switzerland on Saturday. | |
Mr Kerry will follow his talks in Switzerland with a trip to London for more discussions on the crisis. | |
A three-day lull in the aerial bombardment on Aleppo ended on Tuesday, when about 50 people were reportedly killed. | |
Rescue workers were still sifting through rubble looking for survivors and the bodies of the dead when the first bombs fell on Wednesday morning. | |
Syria Civil Defence rescue workers said another 10 people might be trapped beneath the rubble in the Fardous area. | |
The Syria Civil Defence, whose rescuers are known as the White Helmets, said a number of women and children were at the market in Fardous when it was hit. | The Syria Civil Defence, whose rescuers are known as the White Helmets, said a number of women and children were at the market in Fardous when it was hit. |
Video purportedly showing rescuers coming under attack from the air as they tried to rescue the injured was also shared on social media by pro-opposition activists. | Video purportedly showing rescuers coming under attack from the air as they tried to rescue the injured was also shared on social media by pro-opposition activists. |
Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and the country's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with President Bashar al-Assad's forces controlling the west and rebel factions the east. | Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and the country's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with President Bashar al-Assad's forces controlling the west and rebel factions the east. |
On 4 September, government forces re-imposed a siege on the east, where about 275,000 people live, and launched a major offensive to retake it after the collapse of a truce brokered by the United States and Russia. | On 4 September, government forces re-imposed a siege on the east, where about 275,000 people live, and launched a major offensive to retake it after the collapse of a truce brokered by the United States and Russia. |
Since then, the bombardment has killed more than 300 people, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Since then, the bombardment has killed more than 300 people, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. |
Western powers - who back the opposition to Mr Assad - have alleged the Syrian and Russian air forces are committing war crimes by using bunker-busting bombs to destroy underground shelters, dropping incendiary weapons indiscriminately, and targeting the city's water supplies. | Western powers - who back the opposition to Mr Assad - have alleged the Syrian and Russian air forces are committing war crimes by using bunker-busting bombs to destroy underground shelters, dropping incendiary weapons indiscriminately, and targeting the city's water supplies. |
The government and Russia have denied the charges and blamed rebel fighters for operating in residential areas. | The government and Russia have denied the charges and blamed rebel fighters for operating in residential areas. |