This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-39299266
The article has changed 7 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Syria 'air raid on mosque kills 42' in Aleppo province | |
| (about 2 hours later) | |
| Forty-two people have been killed and many more injured in an air attack on a mosque in a rebel-held village in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. | Forty-two people have been killed and many more injured in an air attack on a mosque in a rebel-held village in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. |
| The raid is said to have taken place in al-Jineh, in Aleppo province. | |
| The UK-based observatory, which relays information from sources on the ground in Syria, said the mosque was packed with worshippers for evening prayers. | The UK-based observatory, which relays information from sources on the ground in Syria, said the mosque was packed with worshippers for evening prayers. |
| The group said most of those killed were civilians. | The group said most of those killed were civilians. |
| The village lies in one of the main rebel-held regions of Syria. | |
| It is not clear who exactly was behind the attack, but Russian and Syrian war planes fly in the region. | |
| US aircraft also target jihadist rebels in the area. | |
| Unravelling the Syrian puzzle | |
| Assad is secure, but Syria's war shows no sign of ending | |
| The attack came only a day after at least 31 people were killed in a suicide bombing at the main court complex in the capital, Damascus. | |
| The Damascus bombing was on the sixth anniversary of the start of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. | |
| Since then, more than 320,000 people have been killed and 11 million displaced in the conflict, according to activists. |